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From: boneill@hawk.ulowell.edu (SoftXc Coordinator)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Format for comp.binaries
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Date: 16 Mar 88 02:20:38 GMT
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From what I have gathered off the net, this seems to be the general
consensus at this point for the format of comp.binaries.ibm.pc:

	1) ARC files without Squashing

	2) Standardized header (ala comp.sources.unix) for archiver programs

	3) Speed!!!! Get programs posted quickly, and not have them lying
	around.

If I have missed any, let me know. We can at least try to decide on this
before a moderator is appointed.

As far as a moderator, I believe ...!steinmetz!davidsen is creating a list
of people who wish to become moderator, and then tally votes. I have already
sent my application to him. I am willing to let the net decide on the
format, and would abide by it accordingly. I have plenty of resources to
maintain the archives, and since I'm on the system constantly, I might as
well do something productive... :^) i can e-mail postings to those people
whose postings get munged, and can make all archives available for anonymous
ftp, and I may have them available to UUCP users as well through a mail
server (but that is still up in the air).

Let's hope somebody, anybody is appointed soon.

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Brian O'Neill					University of Lowell
boneill@hawk.ulowell.edu - boneill@hawk.UUCP ...!ulowell!hawk!boneill
MS-DOS Software Exchange Coordinator - E-mail for details
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Brian O'Neill					University of Lowell
boneill@hawk.ulowell.edu - boneill@hawk.UUCP ...!ulowell!hawk!boneill
MS-DOS Software Exchange Coordinator - E-mail for details