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From: jag2@nvuxk.UUCP (J A Gardina)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ARC 5.20 UUENCODE
Message-ID: <177@nvuxk.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 08:07:37 EST
Article-I.D.: nvuxk.177
Posted: Wed Apr 22 08:07:37 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Apr-87 00:45:30 EST
References: <434@csm9a.UUCP> <111@unimuc.UUCP>
Organization: Bell Communications Research, Navesink, NJ
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Summary: comp.sys.ibm.pc.binaries

In article <111@unimuc.UUCP>, billp@unimuc.UUCP writes:
> I don't think that using the net is the correct way to distribute
> a 77Kb source code file to the world. I would like to suggest that
> people use the net to announce that they have a source file and how to
> What does the group think ?
> 
> Bill Potter (unido!unimuc!billp)
	
	It seems the solution would be to have a seperate group that
one could choose not to subscribe to.  I can safely assume that trying
to individually mail a very popular program like arc would be a task
that no one would readily volunteer.  Distribution via the net is more
suitable, provided an appropriate group is selected.  There was a time
when these binaries were posted to net.sources, a group that is used
to high volume traffic.  This caused many complaints that the distributed
information was not is source format.  Perhaps a comp.software group
would be appropriate.  

	Who is responsible for making these decisions?

-- 
        Joe Gardina @ Bell Communications Research (Red Bank, NJ)
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