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From: farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: 417K waste of money postings (was: Re: PICNIX V3)
Message-ID: <910@gethen.UUCP>
Date: 15 May 88 17:38:04 GMT
References: <1559@slvblc.UUCP> <111@pigs.UUCP> <435@rd1632.Dayton.NCR.COM>
Reply-To: farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren)
Organization: There's Unix there in Oakland
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miller@rd1632.Dayton.NCR.COM (Andy Miller) writes:
>Personally I know of no other "public access site" where I can get this
>software.  The net is my PUBLIC access site.

Your sitename implies Dayton.  I presume that means Dayton, Ohio.  I
don't have a current list, but I would be *AMAZED* if there weren't
at least one or two good IBM PC BBS systems within your local calling
area.  A local BBS system is a much better "public access site" than
Usenet could ever be, will carry much more useful software than Usenet
will ever see, and has the distinct advantage of being operated by
folks who want to offer the service, and ONLY folks who want to offer
the service.

>To stop sending files out in c.b.i.p would practically slit my throat.
>What do you think c.b.i.p was even created for???!!!!  

That's a real good question.  Presumably, it was to provide access to
useful IBM PC programs that the recipients had no other way of acquiring.
A little (very little) thought shows this idea to be bogus on its face.
Anyone with a PC, a modem, and a telephone has access to all of the PD
software they desire, at a maximum cost of $25/month, worst case.  There
is no good reason that I can see to continue carrying binaries for
ANY machine, let alone the machine with the most extensive network of
PD software availability in the world.

-- 
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