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Re: comp.sources.reviewed and a blast from the past

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From: Steve Simmons
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:24
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dean@coplex.com (Dean Brooks) writes:

>andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca (Andrew Patrick) writes:

>>I have posted a Call for Submissions in the past.  Perhaps I should
>>make this a monthly posting :-)  Seriously, any ideas on how to
>>increase the number of submissions would be most welcome.

>You want to increase submissions?  Eliminate the reviewing process
>and don't insult the software developer by rejecting her/his work.

The former would seem a bit counter-intuitive for a group called
comp.sources.reviewed.  As for rejection, it can and does come from
any of the moderated source groups.  Unless Andrew has been far
ruder than in my experience with him, "insult" is not the case.
-- 
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 would have no bearing on your ability to attract the opposite sex, and Dan
 Quayle would be making a living asking runny-nosed children, `Do you want
 fries with that?'"     -- John Cleese, "Corporate Computing" magazine
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