On Thu, 5 May 1994, Nathan Brindle wrote:
 
> And I have to say, I'm tired of hearing about "neophytes on the net."
 
And yet there should be exceptions to many rules.  Nathan, you know the
the community of patients that I serve.  As list-owner, I go out of my way
to bring along the network neophytes on my lists so that they'll get and
use the important, and sometimes vital, services that are available to
them.
 
I will guess that perhaps 95% (a random figure) of Listserv users should
be presumed to have a certain level of net sophistication, but I hope that
there will be some place for the perhaps ~5% of net users who are still truly
neophyte, and that Listserv utilities will continue to be available (and
developed) for those list-owners who want, or feel, that they need to
serve those who are new to the nets.
 
-- Roger Burns   [log in to unmask]