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From: rec@mplvax.UUCP (Richard Currier)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: net.sources.mac
Message-ID: <243@mplvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 19:38:49 EST
Article-I.D.: mplvax.243
Posted: Wed Nov 27 19:38:49 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 30-Nov-85 00:32:44 EST
References: <943@wcom.UUCP>
Reply-To: rec@mplvax.UUCP (Richard Currier)
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Organization: Marine Physical Laborator of SIO at UCSD
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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, nor does it accomplish anything
>other than giving free programs, possibly buggy, or even harmful, to
>Macintosh owners.
>
You are obviously unaware of the usefulness of the many utilities distributed
in binary form to many Unix professionals working in the area of integrating
small systems in general and the Macintosh in particular into the Unix environ-
ment. If you are not engaged in this Unix related work you should not try to
dictate the nature of the information flow in the groups to those who are.

As a News Administrator there is a simple solution to your problem. Turn off
the groups at your site. You can lower you phone bills and let those of us
who use the information in the groups get on with our jobs.
 

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	richard currier		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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