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From: Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Vote NO on comp.sources.apple2
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Date: 17 Jul 90 01:02:36 GMT
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Not to rain on Jonathan's parade, but I urge people to vote no
on comp.sources.apple2.  As someone involved in the distribution
of apple ][ pd/shareware, it's enough to have to deal with the
sources we have now (mainly apple for notes, nosc for beta kermits,
comp.binaries.apple2, apple2-L, as well as visiting the various
other FTP sites to see what we've missed earlier).
 
I personally do not get comp.sources.* and would probably miss 
a good deal of stuff if it came in.
 
Generally, sources are *larger* than executables, so I do not
think that removing them from the binaries will make them
more accessible.  If anything, it may lead system administrators
to remove comp.sources.apple2 from sites, thus restricting rather
than expanding their distribution.
 
Providing more and better resources is a excellent goal for the
online "net" community, but I fear that comp.sources.apple2 will
merely detract from substance in order to better fit the usenet
naming protocol.
 
Let comp.sources.apple2 go the way of comp.sys.apple2.tech.
Vote no.
 
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