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From: rhys@cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: comp.windows.ms.binaries(?) or something or other
Keywords: windows, ibm, pc, shareware, binaries
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Date: 16 Mar 91 00:14:48 GMT
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In <10255@uwm.edu> aragorn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steve J White) writes:

>Would there be any interest in a newsgroup comprised of binary files of
>MS-Windows shareware applications?  I have been looking through the ftp sites
>and was thinking that there might be better access to programs if there was
>a newsgroup dedicated to this specificaly.  If I need to forward a request to
>any place/site/net-address in particular, please let me know.

Not a bad idea, but I feel that the existing group comp.binaries.ibm.pc
is the best place for binaries for MS-Windows, as it already has the
necessary procedures in force to get things out onto the net (although Bill
may not want even more work to do :-).  I'm more in favour of a (possibly
moderated) source group for MS-Windows, since now that Borland C++ has been 
released there are going to be lots more people programming for Windows, and
more asking the same old questions, like "How do I create a open file dialog
box?".  A source group (with a backup of archive sites and so on) would help
alleviate this and propagate Windows programming far and wide.  But I'm getting
a little off the subject heading and group topic here :) .

Rhys.

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