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In article <1992Aug19.180643.24274@PA.dec.com> reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert) writes:
>Several times a week, someone posts an article to a newsgroup asking
>something like, "What's the best PD/shareware program to do XYZZY?"
>Why don't they just ask, "What's the best program to do XYZZY?"  Why
>is PD/shareware specifically requested?  Is it:

It is undoubtedly a good question, but it is logically out of
context in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d.  And now I don't mean the
ever-lurking off-topic / on-topic debacle. 

The simple fact is that per definition the comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
newsgroup (where this has been crossposted) only concerns PD &
shareware programs.  (Strictly speaking cbip.d only concerns the
programs posted as binaries in comp.binaries.ibm.pc).  The same PD &
shareware aspect certainly goes for the sister newsgroup
comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted where a great number (if not the
majority) of the looking for questions come up.  So the former
question is the logically right one as far as the cbip hierarchy is
concerned. 

But as far as comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc and comp.os.msdos.apps are
concerned of course the question is relevant and logical, because
these newsgroups are supposed to, and do, cover also the fully
commercial programs. 

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