Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!bbn!humming!simcha From: simcha@humming.UUCP (Simcha Lerner) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: New proposed shareware policy Message-ID: <272@humming.UUCP> Date: 10 Apr 89 16:15:05 GMT References: <6599@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Reply-To: simcha@humming.UUCP (Simcha Lerner) Organization: Kurzweil A.I. Waltham, Mass. Lines: 25 In article pinkas@hobbit.intel.com (Israel Pinkas ~) writes: >... >The other problem that I have with this scheme is that what one site does >will affect other sites. While this is normal, in this case it will not be >detectable... >...Users would not detect it very quickly, as there would still be >volume in the group. > >If we created c.b.i.p.payware, it would be obvious what we (and downstream >sites) are getting. > I strongly agree. I strongly desire to receive payware, yet I would not be able to determine whether I was receiving all postings unless I consulted with every node between my site and the backbone. Also, won't this modification make it impossible for a site so filtered by their feed to post payware? Simcha Lerner harvard!humming!simcha Opinions are my own, but you are welcome to share them without fee :-) .