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From: bill@sigma.UUCP (William Swan)
Newsgroups: news.misc,comp.sources.d,news.groups
Subject: Re: why alt.sources?
Message-ID: <1459@sigma.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jan 88 00:18:31 GMT
References: <171@sea375.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@sigma.UUCP (William Swan)
Organization: Summation Inc, Kirkland WA
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In article <171@sea375.UUCP> dave@sea375.UUCP (David A. Wilson) writes:
>I recently noticed several references to source sent out in alt.sources.
>Some of the references were bug fixes in comp.bugs. I had been looking
>for a few of the programs mentioned for quite a while wondering why I hadn't
>seen more recent versions distributed. I was very disappointed to find
>out that I may have missed a lot of program source because it was sent
>out in the alt subnet. I think subnets are fine for special interest groups
>and non-computer oriented discussions, but why put computer source on
>a limited distribution net like alt? I thought comp.sources.misc was
>going to be the unmoderated sources newgroup. Can anyone enlighten me
>as to why this split occurred?

I would like to know the answer to this, too. It doesn't seem to me that
alt.sources is providing any service not already provided by other groups. 

I asked our newsfeed about the "alt" groups, and he tells me that the site
that is the primary feed for (most?) of the Seattle area (at least the
Eastside) chose not to carry any of the alt groups. 


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William Swan  {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!sigma!bill