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From: weide@elephant.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bruce Weide)
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Subject: Re: OSU CIS tech reports
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Date: 30 Oct 89 19:35:57 GMT
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Thanks for the kind words, Bill.  We are still trying to get some of
our ideas published, but in the interim we will be happy to send some
recent TRs to anyone who is interested.  All we ask is that you return
the favor by sending us info you think we'd like to see, and
especially things (yours or others') you think we ought to cite.

Recent discussions on this newsgroup have been reaching into areas
that require more attention, e.g., whether there is a need for formal
specifications of reusable components.  All of us may not agree, but
it is important to get these questions out on the table!  We welcome
the opportunity for such free exchange of ideas, which is far more
valuable than anonymous reviews to which there is no opportunity to
respond and which therefore do little to further the cause of
knowledge dissemination.  (As you might have guessed, I'm a little
cynical about the technical publication process. :-))

	-Bruce