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From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16,net.mail,net.news.group
Subject: Re: abuse of the net
Message-ID: <2021@hammer.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-May-86 15:21:01 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 15 15:21:01 1986
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In article <317@sdcarl.UUCP> tre@sdcarl.UUCP (Tom Erbe) writes:
>.
>	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 don't see why UNIX machines should be expected to pay for distributing
software and discussions for other operating systems.  Why can't they
set up their own network?  Disk space and phone lines aren't free for
machines that run UNIX anymore than they are for machines that run
mac/amiga/ST/PC-DOS/VMS/whatever.

(Before someone mentions groups like net.cooks, consider the difficulties
of connecting a modem to your average saucepan.)

Snoopy
tektronix!tekecs!doghouse.TEK!snoopy