Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!wucs1!wucs2!sw1e!tness1!tness7!killer!csccat!loci
From: loci@csccat.UUCP (Chuck Brunow)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: ARC for Unix
Message-ID: <540@csccat.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 88 04:53:15 GMT
References: <9209@cisunx.UUCP> <162@falkor.UUCP>
Distribution: comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Organization: Loci Products
Lines: 20
Keywords: binary posting for UNIX
Summary: I agree, NO BINARIES FOR UNIX


	I agree whole-heartedly with the posting referenced above. The
	Unix OS runs on far too many different hardwares to make posting
	binary programs a viable or useful effort. The existing binary
	groups are strictly limited to the hobbyist types of machines
	are have more of an air of junk mail than anything useful.

	Much of Usenet is devoted to an exchange of ideas and techniques
	which is completely unlike the jumble of unreadable postings
	to binary groups. It may be a great ego trip for somebody to
	post their little pet project or worse, to post something they
	had no part in creating, but it's just a eye-sore at 1200 baud.
	I favor billing the persons who post multi-part binaries for
	transmission costs to all sites that receive it. That way, unless
	there are enough users who want it badly enough to pay for it
	posting will go into the bit-bucket.

	In summary, keep your UNIX binary postings to yourself. If you're
	too timid to let the world see the code, it probably isn't any
	good anyway.