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From: knapp@cs.utexas.edu (Edgar Knapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: comp.mac.binaries (should be comp.binaries.mac)
Summary: Crippleware: Just say no!
Keywords: Crippleware, commercial stuff , comp.binaries.mac
Message-ID: <7480@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 1 Jan 90 15:55:37 GMT
References: <3514@husc6.harvard.edu>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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In article <3514@husc6.harvard.edu> kovar@popvax.harvard.edu (David C. Kovar) writes:
>
>  I noticed that a demo of Raymond Lau's latest commerical effort is showing
>up in comp.mac.binaries in ten parts. I've also noticed other people say
>that their free software is stuck in the queue for comp.mac.binaries.
>As much as I admire Mr. Lau's work, I wonder if it's "right" that a
>demo of his commerical product takes up a lot of bandwidth in comp.mac.binaries
>when there is a lot of other stuff that could be sent out. "Commerical
>use of the net" is overused at times, but such demos seem to fall under
>that category. Bandwidth is being used to advertise and sell a commerical
>product.

I could very well do completely without crippleware or commercial
stuff on comp.binaries.mac. At least it should be the policy to give
these postings the lowest possible priority.

Edgar

(knapp@cs.utexas.edu)