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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Easy bootstrap for fast MSDOS uudecode
Keywords: uudecode,msdos,basic,uudecode.bas
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.061945.14793@uwasa.fi>
Date: 6 Mar 91 06:19:45 GMT
References: <W8SDZ.12666507614.BABYL@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> <5816@bwdls58.bnr.ca>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <5816@bwdls58.bnr.ca> mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) writes:
>In article <W8SDZ.12666507614.BABYL@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) writes:
><This is from the SIMTEL20 archives.  I certify that this GWBASIC/BASICA
><program creates an accurate copy of David Kirschbaum's uudecode
>...
><---cut-here---uudecode.bas---
>
>Better be careful, or Timo will complain about you posting
>binaries to the .d group, even though it is a short and useful
>utility like Tony Almy's  NOSHARE.COM.   :)

   Never fear.  I see the the Smiley and the joke in your message,
but I also see the stab it covers :-). 

   Just in case someone misinterprets what is going on in here, let
me point that there _is_ a difference. 
   First, the uudecoce.bas Keith sends out periodically is needed in
handling Bill's binary postings (which is what this group is formost
about) and uudecoded mail (eg from servers), unless the user already
has a suitable facility.  
   Second, I wouldn't use the word complain, because what I wanted
to do is to state my opinion why we should not take up the habit of
sending binaries in nonmoderated groups.  I was not flaming Tom
(Tom, not Tony, right?) for a short, well-meaning posting per se. 
That was not my intention.  I was rather pointing out that we must
consider the problems ahead if this practice comes more common (and
listing the potential problems). 

I'm trying to do this for our mutual benefit, but when one frequenly
takes stands, I also understand that one has to be prepared to take
some open,... and disguised flak.  I'm prepared to accept this
inevitability, but sometimes it hurts just a little bit.

...................................................................
Prof. Timo Salmi        
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
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