Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!bruce!monu1!monu6!minyos!rxcob From: rxcob@minyos.xx.rmit.oz (Owen Baker) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: v08i108: checktd, another author response Message-ID: <5997@minyos.xx.rmit.oz> Date: 11 Oct 90 04:15:33 GMT References: <9010051213.AA01056@thep.lu.se> Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia. Lines: 29 jdb@bitcave.in-berlin.de (Joern D. Busch) writes: >magnus@THEP.LU.SE (Magnus Olsson) wrote: >> >> I normally move such programs directly to /dev/null ! >> >> I'm not saying that you shouldn't post your programs if they're small and >> if you don't have the time to write docs for them. >Maybe some of the recent stuff should've never appeared in cbip. >Bill: how about sorting more things out? In fairness to Bill he did warn me (the author of checktd and others) that documentation was preferred as a seperate file and I will do so in future. I think perhaps I would have also created less controversy if I had not decided at the last minute to charge for the utilities!? Please read my previous reply for further discussion but I would AGAIN like to point out that the documentation or instructions provided within the program were all I intended to provide and I cant see why you need more in most cases? Im slightly peeved, but at least some people have liked them and donated $. +-------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ | Owen Baker | Communication Services Unit | | rxcob@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au | RMIT - Victoria University of Technology | | (61) (3) 660-2038 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | +-------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+