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From: rec@mplvax.UUCP (Richard Currier)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Ban the binaries!
Message-ID: <242@mplvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 19:20:18 EST
Article-I.D.: mplvax.242
Posted: Wed Nov 27 19:20:18 1985
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References: <162@sdcc7.UUCP> <9700010@mirror.UUCP>
Reply-To: rec@mplvax.UUCP (Richard Currier)
Organization: Marine Physical Laborator of SIO at UCSD
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In article <9700010@mirror.UUCP> rs@mirror.UUCP writes:
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>I strongly agree; binaries are BAD because they are
>unportable, encourage and require repetition (no context
>diffs), the bandwidth is too low, and they are useless to
>people without Mac's.  BAN BINHEX!
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>Rich $alz	{mit-eddie, ihnp4!inmet, wjh12, cca, datacube}!mirror!rs
>Mirror Systems	2067 Massachusetts Avenue  Cambridge, MA, 02140
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I strongly disagree; binaries provide a way to distribute many useful
tools to the many people doing serious work in the Unix/Macintosh en-
vironment. If you are not engaged in this work most of what goes on in the
Mac groups will be of little use to you and it is arrogant to try to limit
the information flow to those Unix professionals who are. 

The solution to your problem is to get your system administrator to shut
off the groups at your site. In this way you can reduce your phone bills
and the rest of us can get on with our work.


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	richard currier		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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