Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!nsc!nsta!instable!amos From: amos@instable.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Software Obsolescence Message-ID: <739@instable.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Apr-87 07:28:06 EST Article-I.D.: instable.739 Posted: Sun Apr 5 07:28:06 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Apr-87 23:49:11 EST References: <527@savax.UUCP> Reply-To: amos%nsta@nsc.com (Amos Shapir) Distribution: world Organization: National Semiconductor (Israel) Ltd. Lines: 25 Hdate: 6 Nisan 5747 In article <527@savax.UUCP> pitaro@savax.UUCP (Michael Pitaro) writes: >I'm amazed at all the responses like this that get posted. (Nothing >personal Amos.) They usually are of the form > > "Yeah, is available. I have a copy but > I don't want to distribute it." > >Almost always there is no detail on exactly where and how it was >acquired so that the original requester can get ahold of it. The next time you see such a message, why dont you just *mail* them a request for details? I have received and answered several such requests in the past; I have not included any details in my posting because the original poster apparently knew how to get the sources, he was only complaining about the volume of patches. Actually, the archiving sites should post a monthly table-of-contents and how-to-get articles; some moderated sources groups already do. -- Amos Shapir National Semiconductor (Israel) 6 Maskit st. P.O.B. 3007, Herzlia 46104, Israel Tel. (972)52-522261 amos%nsta@nsc.com {hplabs,pyramid,sun,decwrl} 34.48'E 32.10'N