Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen
From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: In moderation
Message-ID: <501@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 90 23:51:54 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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  Thanks to all who replied to my note, I guess the distribution is
going very well (and rapidly). Here's a status report.

  I just sent out the first "real" posting, although it's a small one.
For all who reported problems with the "request" id, the correct address
for messages to me is ibmbin-request@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (request -
singular). Since the alias table is updated every few days that just
started to work.

  For all who noted that uuencode was using blanks instead of accent
grave (`) blame it on SCO. I found a copy of uuencode in /usr/bin which
is in my path ahead of the local version. My local version was fixed in
April 86, by the date in the file.

Backlog:

  I don't have it, but I have told Rahul that I'm now ready to have it,
although I thought we did that before. At any rate, I have a few things
to send out over the next few days, and then the backlog should be here.

               If you want to send me something - do it!

  Let's not wait for the backlog, although I will send out the backlog
stuff first, along with a list as soon as I get it.

Feedback:

  First, unless you have trouble with the 1st real posting, I know I'm
getting out. I have had hundreds of people tell me, and detail some of
the things I mentioned above. I think you can just let me know if there
is trouble. And my thinks for all the nice stuff people said.

Shareware:

  At the moment I'm going to label shareware as such and send it.
There's just too much good stuff to bypass. I will *not* send out
crippled versions of anything.

  I want to send out a few GIF viewers, since we haven't had any in over
a year. CSHOW7.2 was shareware of the "if you like it pay for it" type,
while the newer 8.0 is "pay for it or stop using it" type. I will accept
suggestions about this and similar stuff, but this is *not a vote*. I'm
looking for input, but I will decide on the quality of argument, not the
quantity.

Games:

  I'm planning an April 1st deluge of games, assuming that someone has
some good ones.

Big postings:

  Look for them to be posted a few parts every day, with some small
stuff at the same time. That will keep new stuff coming out frequently.

Archive service:

  When the next disk is on sixhub I will start offering archive service
by mail, bbs, and (maybe) uucp. Until then I don't have the room, and
will only have the stuff I send out in any case.

Review service:

  I have lined up some people to be reviewers. You will see a
X-reviewed-by line in some headings.

Virus checking:

  I will use the latest version of two virus checkers, and run the
software on a machine which has full CRC checks of everything. Use at
your own risk.

  And this is a lot longer than I planned, but will be part of the
monthly statement of direction when I write one.
-- 
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
    sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
    moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc
"Getting old is bad, but it beats the hell out of the alternative" -anon