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From: hirchert@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Do we *really* need comp.binaries.h
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Date: 19 Apr 88 19:06:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!hirchert    Apr 19 13:06:00 1988


>Yes, it also demonstrates the foolishness of sending all those binaries
>over the net when they are easily available from BBS systems everywhere.

Easily available everywhere?  Would you like to tell me how they are easily
available from a bulletin board here in Champaign-Urbana?

I'm not arguing that this makes Usenet a good or efficient way to distribute
Hypercard binaries.  I am suggesting that people living in major metropolitan
areas like the Bay area should not assume that what is available locally to 
them is typical of what is available throughout the country.

>Michael J. Farren             | "INVESTIGATE your point of view, don't just 
>{ucbvax, uunet, hoptoad}!     | dogmatize it!  Reflect on it and re-evaluate
>        unisoft!gethen!farren | it.  You may want to change your mind someday."
>gethen!farren@lll-winken.llnl.gov ----- Tom Reingold, from alt.flame 

Kurt W. Hirchert     National Center for Supercomputing Applications