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From: macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: sources, binaries
Summary: Keep comp.bin.mac non-commercial
Message-ID: <1001@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 3 Sep 88 01:21:05 GMT
References: <1174@ndsuvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)
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Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, WI
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In article <1174@ndsuvax.UUCP> ncmagel@ndsuvax.UUCP (ken magel) writes:
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>     The recent and ongoing posting of several Dataframe specific programs to
>comp.binaries.mac suggests a perhaps better way of distributing large files
>which are of interest to only a small percentage of the USENET readership. 
(Many following lines deleted.)

The posting of several large segments of SuperMac Dataframe hard disk
utilities via comp.binaries.mac bothers me even more.  It is really a valid
use of the net to post files that are really helping support a commercial
concern?  And, as noted above, what percentage of USENET users actaully have
use for these utilities?

Patches for the SUM software were distributed via the net's e-mail system.
Only those users who expressed an interest in these files supposedly received
them.  Compare this to the posting of the SuperMac stuff on comp.binaries.mac,
which is received 'universally.'

Why not either post such updates from commercial parties in the various
archives (as suggested in the above article) or have a mailing list compiled,
so that only interested parties will receive the updates?  Let's keep
comp.binaries.mac shareware and freeware oriented, and stay away from the
commercial stuff.  (Merely my opinion, obviously.)

Jim


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