Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bgsuvax!drich
From: drich@bgsuvax.UUCP (Daniel Rich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: comp.binaries.apple2
Message-ID: <1893@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 12 Apr 88 20:46:23 GMT
References: <510@n8emr.UUCP>
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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From article <510@n8emr.UUCP>, by lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden):
> 
> ...look at
> comp.binaries.ibm.pc - those folks have no moderator (just as we do not)
> and they have a real travesty on their hands.  Commercial software posted,
> old versions of software posted, virus software posted, lots of discussions
> posted - all the things that a GOOD moderator would prevent. 
> -- 
> Larry W. Virden	 75046,606 (CIS)
> 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817
> osu-cis!n8emr!lwv (UUCP) 	osu-cis!n8emr!lwv@PSUVAX1 (BITNET)
> We haven't inherited the world from our parents, but borrowed it from our children.

  Since I am a regular reader of comp.binaries.ibm.pc (for work), and
voted for comp.binaries.apple2, I thought I should defend the group.  

  First of all, commercial software has only been posted once (to my
knowledge).  Besides, all a moderator can do is look for a copyright
message.  This still proves nothing since many shareware programs
contain copyright messages.

  I know of NO cases of viruses being posted to the group.  There have
been several times that people have talked about it, but those were
mostly cases of misunderstandings or misreading of the documentation.

  So, the only thing that a moderator can really do is slow the
posting of software and prevent discussions.  I can't help but feel
that it isn't worth taking someone's time to do the same job that we
can do with the 'n' key....
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