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From: tp@mccall.uucp
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Subject: Re: Comp.shareware - call for discussion
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Date: 2 Feb 90 11:10:10 GMT
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In article <140@sneezy.tcom.stc.co.uk>, pete@tcom.stc.co.uk (Peter Kendell) writes:
> So, let's talk about it. I'l kick things off by saying that I've had
> several notes saying that biz.????ware is the right place for shareware.
> If I'd known about the biz.* heirarchy, I might agree. However, it doesn't
> reach Europe, which is why I hadn't heard of it and also why it would
> be a bad choice if the object of the the creation of a dedicated
> shareware group is to allow wide distribution of shareware by sites
> which have *consented* to do so.

Um... If the biz.* hierarchy doesn't reach europe, it is because the sites
running the US-Europe link have decided it shouldn't. Therefore they have
chosen NOT to consent to the carrying of commercial-oriented information.
Isn't this freedom of choice exactly what you are advocating? 

You could always ask the people running the link to carry this group, but
they may not be willing to. In that case, you'd have to find some else
willing to pay to bring shareware into europe. Perhaps if there are links
from europe to other places (Japan, Australia, whatever), the people
running them could be convinced. 

However, if you can't find someone willing to pay for it, then people will
simply have exercised the option you are attempting to give them!
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