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From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: concurrent diskette formatting program
Message-ID: <13331@steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 9 Mar 89 14:04:31 GMT
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Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
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In article <1736@csuna.csun.edu> abcscagz@csuna.csun.edu (Jeff Boeing) writes:

| Now, this is something I have very mixed feelings about.
| 
| Moderating comp.binaries.ibm.pc seemed like a good idea at first: it would
| cut out any non-binaries traffic and make sure that someone (Rahul Desi, in
| this case) would screen the binaries to make sure they were postworthy.

  These are fringe benefits. The volume is kept down by a moderator,
duplicates and old versions are eliminated, and other groups don't get
filled.

  Before moderation some sites stopped carrying comp.sys.ibm.pc because
of the binaries. There are sites which don't carry ANY binaries. If we
put binaries in other groups some of the self-styled net-gods will
surely prove their power by shutting down groups. I don't use binaries
posted in an unmoderated group; I don't have time to check them out.

  Unmoderated posting will eventually lead to a virus or copyrighted
program showing up. Then many sites will stop carrying them. There isn't
anything I need so badly that I am willing to risk having binaries put
off the net. Let's not risk our source of software.

  Yes, I have things in the pipeline, too.
-- 
	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me