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From: tre@sdcarl.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16,net.mail
Subject: Re: abuse of the net
Message-ID: <317@sdcarl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-May-86 13:12:42 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 13 13:12:42 1986
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Reply-To: tre@sdcarl.UUCP (Tom Erbe)
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Organization: Computer Audio Research Lab, UCSD, San Diego, Calif.
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Summary: Should binaries and sources for non-UNIX machines be on th net?
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	So what is the verdict??  Is the posting of sources and binaries for 
the ST kosher?  Or is the net only around for UNIX and like systems?  If it 
is, how are the following newsgroups justified?

		net.sources.mac
		mod.amiga.sources
		mod.amiga.binaries
	
	I for one, use many machines (IBM,SMI,DEC,Atari,Apple,Motorola,etc.)
at work, and most of them are not UNIX machines.  I appreciate getting useful
programs for these machines from the net.  If I have to, I will call a BBS
to get certain useful programs, but I prefer not to, when: A) UCSD (my place 
of employ) should be paying for the acquisition, B) it is annoying to stay up 
until 1 AM, only to get 20 minutes of access to a busy BBS, and C) my VAX has 
uucp, which does it all so much better.

       I had always suspected the net was around for the exchange of software 
and related dialogue.  I had no idea I would get flamed for suggesting it 
continue.  Please reply with intellegence this time, but if you really have
to flame, mail it to me, don't post it.
-- 
	thomas r. erbe
	{ucbvax,ihnp4,akgua,hplabs,sdcsvax}!sdcarl!tre