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From: phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,news.admin
Subject: Re: No games or picture files for now
Message-ID: <22047@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: 13 Jun 88 17:20:41 GMT
References: <2350@slvblc.UUCP> <1577@hoqax.UUCP>
Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices
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In article <1577@hoqax.UUCP> twb@hoqax.UUCP (T.W. Beattie) writes:
>In article <2350@slvblc.UUCP>, dick@slvblc.UUCP (Dick Flanagan) writes:
!! I have decided not to post
!! any games or picture files to comp.binaries.ibm.pc.
!
!This is the worst aspect of a moderated group.
!
!It is completely idiotic to restrict games and pictures from the binaries
!group.  I hope those who wish to post such files find another newsgroup.
!
!Let's put the pictures in comp.graphics
!and any other "contraband" in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d

I think this is a bad decision too, but would rather work around it by
creating a "bin" top level distribution. Anyone else interested?
-- 

I speak for myself, not the company.
Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or phil@amd.com