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From: john@viper.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: new moderated newsgroup(s) for Atari ST software distrbution
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Date: Sun, 22-Feb-87 23:55:58 EST
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Reply-To: john@viper.UUCP (John Stanley)
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On the subject of source .vs. binarys:
  Idealy I'd like to see both, but I understand that some people don't
want to distribute source (for some fairly good long-term reasons...)
If I have to choose between getting just a binary or getting nothing at
all, I'll take the binary.  On the other hand, I'd prefer getting just
a binary to getting just source.  The source does me -zip- if I don't
have all the necessary utilitys to turn it into a useable program.

  My vote:  1st) Binarys and Source
	    2nd) Binarys
	    3rd) Source only.

For the current level of distribution, I see no reason for splitting the
sources and binarys onto two different areas.  Although, it would be a
good idea to make them available in seperate articles so you don't -have-
to transfer both just to get one or the other.


As for a moderated Ask-Atari forum, I'm a bit skeptical.  Whoever moderated
it (Atari?) would be able to limit the questions asked to ones they wanted
to answer.  (There are -far- too many questions that currently have not been
answered or where the answers provided change with the season.)

On the other hand, I would like to see -any- involvement from Atari at all!!!

If providing a moderated area where they can provide answers in one place
once (rather than repeatedly as they would probably need to do here), is
what's necessary to get them back here, so be it!

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John Stanley (john@viper.UUCP)
Software Consultant - DynaSoft Systems
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