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From: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (cbema!las)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: delays in comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Summary: No rage or flame here
Message-ID: <11773@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 28 Nov 89 17:40:29 GMT
References: <1128@cirrusl.UUCP>
Reply-To: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (Larry A. Shurr,20650,cb,9a110,6148605851)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH (actually an AGS consultant)
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In article <1128@cirrusl.UUCP> dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
}Recently I saw some discussion about delays in stuff getting posted to
}comp.binaries.ibm.pc.

}Currently I test everything posted to my own satisfaction, and I'm a
}fairly picky user.

}If there is widespread sentiment in favor of software being posted
}untested or being tested much less throughly, you will get a greater
}volume of software. [But quality of postings will suffer]

}I will follow the raging discussion (and flame wars) that will likely
}follow.

You won't get any flames from me.  What amazes me is that you can find
the time to do that kind of job.  It's rather a lot more than I would
expect of someone donating his/her time.  I remember well the chaos 
that ensued when there was no moderation (the "immoderate" times?):
high-volume posts of trash and/or demo programs, posting of discussion
and flames with no binaries, and threats of termination from the back-
bone.  I, for one, thank you for the job you do.

Since the net is not a cost-free service which is nevertheless 
available free or below cost to many (most?) of its end-users, I prefer
that the postings be of reasonably high quality.

regards, Larry
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