Re: FAQs on CD-ROM

Tom Haapanen (tomh@metrics.com)
Thu, 7 Apr 1994 01:06:58 EDT

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Mark Kantrowitz wrote:
> To clarify, the distinction I want to make is between the notion of a common
> carrier and a publisher. If there is no selection for content, as is the case
> with most newsfeeds, it is a common carrier. A publisher selects what to
> publish. In the case of this CD-ROM, they've selected the FAQs.

I don't know the process they went through -- but they *could* have just
picked up news.answers, in which case there is no selection for content.
In that case, would you accept them as a common carrier?

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