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From: chip@vector.UUCP (Chip Rosenthal)
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Subject: comp.lsi ... this is totally out of control
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Date: 9 Oct 88 02:01:25 GMT
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About a month ago, some kind souls decided to share a very large VHDL
test suite with us, distributed via comp.lsi.  Now, we have a new treat:
a set of EDIF examples.

Am I alone here, or is this totally out of control?  Why are we paying
thousands of dollars for kilobytes of stuff that the majority of the
net couldn't give a rat's ass about?  Based on what I've received so far,
the EDIF stuff is going to be about almost a megabyte when done.

Can anybody explain why comp.lsi is subject to these abuses?  I mean,
it's nice enough for these folks to make this stuff available, and I
*strongly* support using the net to aid in the distribution.  But
using the net for the actual distribution is stooopid.
-- 
Chip Rosenthal     chip@vector.UUCP | I've been a wizard since my childhood.
Dallas Semiconductor   214-450-0486 | And I've earned some respect for my art.