Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!helios!jak9213 From: jak9213@helios.TAMU.EDU (John Kane) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Proposed New Newsgroup - comp.shareware Message-ID: <4136@helios.TAMU.EDU> Date: 24 Jan 90 21:20:14 GMT References: <139@sneezy.tcom.stc.co.uk> Reply-To: jak9213@helios.tamu.edu (John Kane) Organization: Texas A&M University Lines: 35 In article lar@pc.usl.edu (Robert Lane A.) writes: >In article <139@sneezy.tcom.stc.co.uk> pete@tcom.stc.co.uk (Peter Kendell) writes: > The problem arises that sites, whether trunk, branch or leaf > nodes, have no choice as to whether they carry shareware or not. > Remember, USENET is a non-commercial network. The existing source > and binary groups carry shareware and PD software intermixed. > >If the problem is that shareware is too commercial, shouldn't the new >group be placed under biz? How about biz.software? Does something >already exist on biz that could be used for this purpose? Otherwise, >I would suggest that the logical place would be under comp.sources or >comp.binaries. > >Lane lar@usl.edu ...!texbell!rouge!lar A similar such discussion is occurring on comp.sys.mac right now about demo/crippleware postings. I think that I may get enough feedback in the c.s.m group to pull a call for discussion out. What is being proposed is a new group, comp.binaries.mac.demo for items that are demo/crippleware. I could see the addition of a comp.binaries.mac.shareware if enough interest is generated. The complaint, at least in c.s.m, is not about shareware products, but about products that are more commercial in nature, ie. the demos and crippled products that have been hitting c.b.m lately. It tends to slow down distribution of really neat, new freeware when it is caught behind an 11 part demo program. If I see enough discussion for a c.b.m.{demo,shareware}, I will probably initiate the call for discussion early next week. John Arthur Kane, Systems Analyst, Microcomputer Support and Training Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (409) 845-9999 jak9213@helios.tamu.edu profs: x043jk@tamvm1.tamu.edu