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From: heiby@falkor.UUCP (Ron Heiby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Moratorium on zoo discussion--please
Message-ID: <176@falkor.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 88 02:17:32 GMT
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Reply-To: heiby@mcdchg.chi.il.us (Ron Heiby)
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Tom Neff (tneff@dasys1.UUCP) writes:
> Based on what?  Telling one's net.colleagues to shut up about a topic
> of this importance deserves a little factual support.  Has Rahul been
> getting netmail complaints or what?  I haven't seen anything.

Hi, folks!  Ordinarily, I wouldn't post something like this, but Tom
seems to be asking for it.

I'm sick to death of the endless debates on archive formatters.

I think the whole SEA vs PK thing stinks to high heaven.

I think people deciding to go with "whatever" PK might some day
come out with (except that last I heard, he couldn't) would be
their new standard is completely insane.

I think some of the ZOO restrictions are silly.

I think that people not willing to work with Rahul on a special case
permission or working with him to get the restrictions more "reasonable"
is stupid.

There, now that I've offended almost everybody in this newsgroup that
I respect, I'll do what I join Rahul in urging everyone else do.  Let's
shut up about archivers for a while and let the dust settle.  Of course,
if someone managed to come up with a truly original thought that hasn't
already been beaten to death here, I'd be happy to see it.  I'm not
holding my breath.
-- 
Ron Heiby, heiby@mcdchg.chi.il.us	Moderator: comp.newprod & comp.unix
"There is a fine line between stupidity and cleverness." (This is Spinal Tap)