Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!sunic!tut!ra!uwasa.fi!hv From: hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama LAKE) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Telix Message-ID: <1990Mar15.062734.7831@uwasa.fi> Date: 15 Mar 90 06:27:34 GMT References: <2156@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Organization: University of Vaasa Lines: 30 In article <2156@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes: > > I have been getting requests for Telix ever since Keith listed it as >an upload to simtel20. After about 50 requests, I managed to get into >simtel20 on a weekend and pull the files. I thought people wanted the >new version for bug fixes and features. > > Since I posted part 1 I have gotten about 20 messages, many quite >rude, telling me that I didn't review it. It's a communication program, >what's to review? It's been discussed on the net, mentioned on TV, >reviewed in some magazines, and I assumed that people knew what it was. I dont' believe this?! People are crying for months because there were no activity and no moderator in c.p.i.b and then when there finally is they start to bashing him. Come on - if this is the direction then we soon are in the situation that were before this moderator started his job. Let's be polite for him. He has not an easy job to do. And remember - he just started. And Bill, don't give up - there are A LOT OF PEOPLE following your actions and the list; so there are also MANY DIFFERENT OPINIONS. Sending Telix was A VERY GOOD THING to do, but I think that for example Procomm users can be "hurt" if they found that there are other programs that are better... -- ----------------Harri Valkama (hv@uwasa.fi)------------- University of Vaasa, Finland anonymous ftp site (128.214.12.3) PC and Mac directories