Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!granite.pa.dec.com!mwm From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: FRED FISH CD ROM? Message-ID: Date: 3 Aug 90 20:43:35 GMT References: <26477@snow-white.udel.EDU> Sender: news@wrl.dec.com (News) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 42 In-Reply-To: NJ_GOKEM%FANDM.BITNET@pucc.princeton.edu's message of 2 Aug 90 18:43:43 GMT In article <26477@snow-white.udel.EDU> NJ_GOKEM%FANDM.BITNET@pucc.princeton.edu writes: Path: bacchus.pa.dec.com!shlump.nac.dec.com!decuac!haven!udel!mmdf From: NJ_GOKEM%FANDM.BITNET@pucc.princeton.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Date: 2 Aug 90 18:43:43 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 32 >From: edu%"trantow@csd4.csd.uwm.edu""Jerry J Trantow" 2-AUG-1990 14:10:43.83 >Will there be a FredFish optical disk? (Needs a catchy name) Yes! That would be great, But, and this is an important but, don't go the way apple-macintosh CD's went. For example: on the MAC-CDROM from EDUCORP are over 25 communications-programs, 2 of them could do XMODEM, none could do ZMODEM. Why not just 5 com-programs, all of which are good! Because for some reason, the authors of those other 20 thought the 5 you call "good" weren't acceptable - i.e, they needed VideoTron 150 emulation, and little else, which none of them provided. The point of the CD-ROM is that it will hold the _entire_ Fish collection (twice, even?). Pruning it based on quality for a CD-rom isn't applicable. Doing "Gold Fish" (stolen name) that have your "best of the Fish disks" on them is something different. Later, when we get to Fish disk #700 or so, it might do to prune antique versions of the software. But I'd be loathe to prune any old versions before it was necessary, as the new versions may have bugs that break vital features for a few users.