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From: rdh@sun.UUCP
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Subject: Postings binaries?
Message-ID: <13342@sun.uucp>
Date: Sun, 15-Feb-87 04:07:47 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 15 04:07:47 1987
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Reply-To: rdh@sun.UUCP (Robert Hartman)
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Keywords: binary postings?

In article <1316@ho95e.ATT.COM> wcs@ho95e.UUCP (46133-#Bill.Stewart,2G202,x0705,) writes:
>>The net is for portable software, and binaries are not portable.
>
>	While I generally prefer source postings also, for the usual
>reasons, the net can *still* benefit from posted binaries.

I think that the costs of posting binaries outweigh the benefits, especially
binaries for PCs, clones, or what-have-you.  As minix is ported to more and
more machines the benefit of any given binary posting becomes less and less.

If you want to use the net to distribute binaries, post an announcement of
your newly available binary, and a way to obtain it (anonymous tftp, a
mail alias to a program that replies with a uuencoded file, etc.).
DON'T POST the binaries themselves.

-bob.