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From: oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
Newsgroups: news.misc,comp.sources.d,news.groups
Subject: Re: why alt.sources? (Definitive answer, some history)
Message-ID: <292@yunexus.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jan 88 05:07:35 GMT
References: <171@sea375.UUCP> <1459@sigma.UUCP> <2989@arthur.cs.purdue.edu> <736@brandx.rutgers.edu>
Reply-To: oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
Organization: York U. Computing Services - Magic Group
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Keywords: BOB, insult

In article <736@brandx.rutgers.edu> webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber) writes:
>
>Actually, the standards of the various moderated sources groups have varied
>quite a bit over the past year.  At many times they have claimed to reject
>absolutely no source (so don't be intimediated by a supposed need to 
>document or figure out make).
>
	I disagree completely. In my opinion, both comp.sources.unix
	and comp.sources.misc moderators have been doing a great job,
	including writing the occasional man page that appears to be
	so hard to write. Since around 1984, I have been reading
	source groups, and the moderated source group quality has
	been consistently better, ever since they got initiated.

	Btw: don't be intimidated by the real need for a man
	page/document and a make file. It is rumored that someone
	once said "If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well".
	She/he could be right. Whether you send it to comp.sources.*
	or alt.* is irrelevant.

	
 
>However, if you have a source that you want to share with a more discerning
>group of readers who can fend for themselves instead of be nurse-maided by a
>moderator, you should consider posting to alt.sources.

	Since when did it become fashionable to insult the
	readership of the net, on the basis of their interest [or
	lack thereof] to carry/read certain newsgroups ? How do you
	know what a *more discerning* net reader wants to read ??
	Do tell us. (Make sure to cross post to all newsgroups.)

oz
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