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From: yakker@ucrmath.ucr.edu (matt robinson)
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Subject: Cost for source/binary distributions on USENET
Summary: Agreed wholeheartedly...
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Date: 28 Nov 90 16:41:45 GMT
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brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
->People may pound on Rich, but perhaps he is the symptom and not the problem.
->..
->..
->Source and binary group moderating is probably one of the toughest jobs.
->..
->..
->When it comes to source and binary moderating, it may be the case that you
->start to get what you pay for.  The people doing it should get some
->compensation.  I know Rich is against this, but sometimes I think it may be
->the only way.   If there are 30,000 readers for a source group, then a
->pittance of few dollars/year would hire a good moderator.
->Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. 
->-- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473

I would tend to agree with your entire article.  I realize how tough it can
be to scan code that doesn't belong to you.  But you brought up a good 
question.   Would it be right to pay for the time and effort of those who
post articles to the USENET system?  One might think that it would be a good
idea, others, no.  I think it would be a good idea to pay for the sources
on the network that I can use.  A few dollars which can act as some recompense
for the work that is done in these newsgroups.  It is not their profession to
moderate a newsgroup, nor do they even have to do it in their spare time.
Rich is the perfect example.  I'm sure he spends a lot of time working on
these programs, and gets relatively nothing for it, except an occasional
"Thank you" or "I appreciate it" (And we do appreciate it, Rich.).  But in
the long run, there is no standing value for what he does, except for personal
satisfaction.  Where do I send my check, and who do I make it out to? :)

--Matt
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Matt D. Robinson                                 "...if I only had a brain..."
Systems Programming Group, UC Riverside     -- The Scarecrow, The Wizard Of Oz
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