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From: abcscagz@csuna.csun.edu (Jeff Boeing)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: we need an unmoderated binaries group
Message-ID: <1944@csuna.csun.edu>
Date: 2 May 89 16:53:01 GMT
Reply-To: abcscagz@csuna.csun.edu (Jeff Boeing)
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Back in the good old days before c.b.i.p became moderated, anyone who wanted
to share his binaries with the usenet world was free to.
   It is true that since the group became moderated we've seen an (almost)
constant flux of archiving, dearchiving, and *NIX-like utilities; however,
we have also seen times when Rahul's site has gone down and the only thing
we got on c.b.i.p was dead space and a HUGE backlog of programs.  Once
again, I am led to understand that the posting of the long-awaited PC
NetHack version 2.3 will be delayed due to problems at Rahul's end.
   A moderated group for pc-compatible binaries serves a necessary
function.  But we need a place where ANYONE can just leave a program for
anyone's consideration, with no guarantees and no strings attached.
This group fails in this function, especially since posting binaries
here is considered in "bad taste".
   How about comp.binaries.ibm.pc.unmoderated?  Or, if that's too
long a name, WE keep comp.binaries.ibm.pc, and Rahul gets comp.binaries.
ibm.pc.digest or something.

Regards,
-- 
Jeff Boeing:  ...!csun.edu!csuna!abcscagz    (formerly tracer@stb.UUCP)
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