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From: louie@trantor.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: comp.binaries.amiga (was Re: Picture swap)
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Date: 18 Jun 88 13:35:29 GMT
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The binaries group is worthless to me.  I don't run (non-commercial) programs
distributed in binary-only form.  Who knows what lurks in there.

All of the Amiga owners that I know have a C compiler.  Maybe I have weird
friends.  

But wait..  If you were given a choice of having comp.sources.amiga OR
comp.binaries.amiga but not both, which would *you* choose?  Which is more
educational?  Which is ultimately more useful to you?  I know I'd pick 
the sources group, no questions.  I can't learn anything from binary-only
postings, and I can't fix bugs in binary-only distributions.

Louis A. Mamakos  WA3YMH    Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU
University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming