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From: u803535@lanl.gov (Wayne A. Vieira)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,news.groups
Subject: Re: Binaries in comp.windows.ms
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Date: 28 Jul 90 20:18:10 GMT
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In article <1990Jul28.044401.7591@world.std.com> goodearl@world.std.com (Robert D Goodearl) writes:
>In article <1990Jul28.011900.24190@watserv1.waterloo.edu> tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) writes:
>>
>>There is a very good chance that we could have comp.binaries.windows.ms
>>if we wanted, and then we could have binaries where everybody would be
>>happy about them.
>>
>>However, there's a catch:  somebody needs to be a moderator.  I will not
>>volunteer; I already do comp.binaries.os2, and I don't want to double my
>>unpaid workload.  :)
>
>Could you describe for us the work that is involved in being a moderator?
>Are the binaries groups required to be moderated?  I certainly value
>the work that's done by the moderators, but don't necessarily have time
>to do it myself.  Can it work as a shared responsibility?
>
Knowing nothing about the tasks of a moderator, I would be very interested
in this too.  If it is technically within reach of me (I do not have
sys-admin or root on the machines I read from)  I would be very interested
in helping out.

>Thanks, Tom, for your constructive ideas.

Yes, my thanks too.  I have been very frustrated (if you haven't been able
to tell from the "flame-like" posts) that EVERY effort to start
a comp.binaries.windows.ms has been shot down with suggestions that
"we don't need one" or "there wouldn't be enough activity".  Then
later on, I listen (watch) people complain about the binaries appearing here.
They may not really belong here, but they don't belong in comp.binaries.
ibm.pc either! (at least not anymore than our postings belong in 
comp.ibm.pc.) Those sections are way too generalized to be of any
use to Windows users or Windows Developers.

I would like to apologize for my flame-fit.  I really think we could
use a binaries section for windows, and I really think we need one.
Having USENET access doesn't necessarily mean having FTP access, and
I find it very frustrating when people who have both binary AND discussion
access (wether the bin access is from FTP or from a local BBS, etc.)
go out of their way to tell everybody what "we don't need".

have a nice day.
-- 
Wayne A. Vieira         |Disclaimer:  Right!!!
Cray Research Inc.      | As if someone would let *me*
waynev@craywr.cray.com  | speak on their behalf...