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Re: popi, the digital darkroom

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From: Wm E. Davidsen Jr
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1990 22:09
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In article <2586@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> shenkin@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) writes:

| We shouldn't ask the authors to include the reference, but we should ask them to
| give us a ten line description of what the program is about.  For example,

  True. If someone takes the trouble to try to doing people a service by
posting, s/he should take the time to write a few sentences about the
package. This saves time for the not-interested, and insures that the
people who would like the package know it's there.

  I really fight to describe some packages in 64 characters for the
archive server and BBS at sixhub. Sometimes I win, and sometimes I get
back nasty messages ;-)
-- 
	bill davidsen - sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
davidsen@sixhub.uucp		...!uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen

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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: popi, the digital darkroom
Message-ID: <373@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jan 90 22:09:10 GMT
References: <1989Dec27.053537.14990@eng.umd.edu> <2567@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> <1989Dec29.150055.15892@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <2875@optilink.UUCP> <2586@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
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