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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: alt.books.technical,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Binary Postings (was: Errata file for UNDOCUMENTED DOS)
Keywords: binary postings
Message-ID: <1991May28.060612.2807@uwasa.fi>
Date: 28 May 91 06:06:12 GMT
References: <1991May24.180400.27553@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1991May25.201843.12565@uwasa.fi> <1991May27.194227.23528@demon.co.uk>
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
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In article <1991May27.194227.23528@demon.co.uk> cliff@demon.co.uk (Cliff Stanford) writes:
>In article <1991May25.201843.12565@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
>>Thank you for your kind efforts, but please also consider this:
:
:
>	The posting in question was a compressed text file.  IMHO compressing
>and uuencoding a lage text file is a far better idea that posting it in
>its raw text format.  How you think it can increase net traffic (one of
>the points you made) I fail to comprehend.  Now ZIP is available on so
>many platforms, I feel that more large text files sould be zipped before
>sending out on the net.

Although the one uuencoded zip-posting is no problem per se, I think
you are quite missing the essence of the matter.  Kindly reread my
original arguments, and consider what will happen if the practice of
posting large bunches of uudecoded zipped material (binary or text,
no matter) that really belongs to FTP sites (and BBSes) catches on. 
Anarchy can be only one step away. 

This is also of no real consequence, but a couple of kind users have
been quick to point out that this uuencoded zip was a text file (My
note: when uudecoded, possibly transferred to a PC, and unzippped,
that is after having been treated like a true binary posting). 
Again, if you look at my original posting carefully, you'll see that
in fact I made no contrary claims of the kernel the posting, and one
individual posting is beside the point anyway.  Would you please try
to see the the wood for the trees. 

   All the best, Timo

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Prof. Timo Salmi
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