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From: evan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: What an astonishing waste of bandwidth...
Message-ID: <249@ndcheg.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 16-Aug-87 17:59:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: ndcheg.249
Posted: Sun Aug 16 17:59:05 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 17-Aug-87 04:43:08 EDT
References: <647@uokmax.UUCP>
Organization: University of Notre Dame
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Summary: A shameless BBS plug

In article <647@uokmax.UUCP>, rmtodd@uokmax.UUCP (Richard Michael Todd) writes:
> Hey, people, instead of mailing umpteen dozen copies of old version of LIST
> around the net, or posting it 3 or 4 times as a uuencoded binary, why not
> just go download the latest release directly from the guy who wrote it?
> His name is Vern Buerg, and his bbs number is (415) 994-2944. Vern is a
> veritable msdos guru, and he has lots of other neat utils, too.
> 
> Folks just don't seem to realize the awesome costs involved in propagating
> crap like this around the net.  "Oh, well, it doesn't come out of my pocket,
> so why should I care?" Or is it, "I'm gonna graduate in a year or two, who
> cares if the net goes away after that?"
> 
> There are thousands of msdos-oriented bbs's worldwide, and many of them have
> the executables that are being posted and reposted here all the time. Try
> dialing up your local bbs's before you ask somebody to post LIST or ARC or
> whatever, for the 18th time.
> 

I completely agree.  As a long-time PC user, I have a copy of ARC, PK(X)ARC,
and most of the other software packages that are so often asked for on the
net; and I DIDN'T GET THEM FROM THE NET.  It doesn't matter where you live,
there's got to be at least one PC-oriented BBS in your area.  After all,
I live in South Bend, Indiana and there's a half-dozen in my local calling
area.  My favorite (now here's the plug) is the River City Network BBS
at 219-287-3358 running 24 hrs, 300/1200/2400 with 240 MBytes of disk space;
and it's COMPLETELY FREE!

Support you local bbs.

	Evan Bauman
	University of Notre Dame
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