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From: rose@galtee.cs.wisc.edu (Martin Luther King)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Re: TASS 3.0 - a News Reader
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Date: 15 Apr 91 16:00:06 GMT
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In article <1991Apr14.180426.3853@jrix.radig.de> joachim@jrix.radig.de (Joachim Riedel) writes:

>This is my first source posting to the net so please excuse if something
>went wrong.

Much as we would all like to have wide distribution of sources for Coherent,
I must say that there are some problems with posting sources to a discussion
group-- like this one.  For one thing, some sites can't afford the kind of
traffic that a sources group has, and therefore don't carry them.  If we don't
self-police and keep sources out of comp.os.coherent, we may find some sites
deciding not to carry this group-- I hope that we can agree that that is not
in our interest.  I am particularly concerned because comp.os.coherent will
likely soon be gatewayed onto the ListServe and Internet mailing lists, where
big sources postings could cost individual users big money.

Its my hope that comp.coherent.sources will come into existence someday.  If
the current level of discussion traffic is sustained, arbitron numbers will 
indicate that comp.os.coherent has a high level of interest, which can be used
to help justify a sources group.  If we wait a bit, until we have that data
(and a vote counter volunteers), there might be a better place to post than
comp.sources.misc, which is the only correct choice for Coherent sources right
now.
-- 
	Scott Rose
	rose@cs.wisc.edu
	(608) 238-3801