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From: alex@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: GOODBYE net.sources.mac
Message-ID: <7783@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 01:23:14 EST
Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.7783
Posted: Wed Nov 27 01:23:14 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Nov-85 23:59:09 EST
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Reply-To: alex@ucla-cs.UUCP (Alex Quilici)
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In article <943@wcom.UUCP> news@wcom.UUCP (News Administrator) writes:
>	Let's get rid of net.sources.mac. It has never been used to 
>distribute _sources_, instead it's used to distribute various pieces of
>ascii-encoded binary programs, most of which are the so-called 'shareware'.
>This does not benefit the net as a whole...
>	If the Mac users are unable to post sources because they don't
>all have machines that are capable of running compilers, then that is
>what local users' groups are for. Shareware and binaries belong in
>users' groups, and local bulletin boards, not cluttering up the net.

i agree.  net.sources.mac is not being used for its intended purpose.  it
seems silly for sites to pay big bucks to distribute binaries they can't
use.  remember, this is USENET, not MACNET.  if you want to distribute
software for the mac, create a network of macintoshes and post it there.
in the meantime, you can mail floppies around or use a user's group.
i'll support net.sources.mac only when i can post and distribute unix-based
source code for profit on a network of macintoshes.

and while we're at it...

it is high time the source groups were moderated.  get rid of net.sources.
create mod.sources.info, which should contain a list of the most recently
posted software, updated perhaps once a week or so, like the net.announce
stuff.   people can simply read mod.sources.info to find out if there is
anything they can use in mod.sources, and can therefore avoid looking through
the majority of useless garbage that currently swims around in net.sources.

and if we're going to delete groups, let's get rid of net.religion.  what
a useless bunch of crap.  net.flame was considerably more interesting.
and get rid of net.philosphy or, at the very least, rename it net.rich.rosen.
both of these groups are completely and totally useless.  since some
backbone sites (like utzoo, i believe) have already gotten rid of them
without incident and seem considerably happier for it.

let's put the UNIX back into USENET.

alex