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Article #14025Re: What about a Windows binaries group?
From: alan i. vymetalik
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1990 16:39
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1990 16:39
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In article <22948@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
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>Forget about a comp.windows.ms.binaries or similar. The volume in
>comp.windows.ms is so SMALL, that it is not even worth considering. Take
>a look at the volume of the ibmpc, Mac and Amiga groups to get an idea
>of what kind of volume makes a binaries and sources group feasable.
>My 2c.
Hmm, let's put in my $0.02 worth... Damned, dropped my change, it's
all over the floor....
comp.windows.ms.binaries is STILL a good idea, especially for people
without ftp access. Yes, the AMOUNT of binaries available to the
public domain is small. (There's a PC-based BBS that carries about
350 PD Windows programs - Call HH Info Net @ 1-203-738-0306 to
register. They have fonts and demos and programs.) However, this
kind of group might be useful to disseminate other net-users's
programs. If they could be sent through some sort of moderator who
could check them out, it would quite a boon to Windows owners.
The more support, the better.
By the way, I looked at the ibm pc binaries group. Pretty much at
the 'null line' for recent submissions. Its moderator had to
abdicate his position, and there hasn't been a real posting in months.
Enjoy,
alan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!rochester!rit!ritcv!iav1917 From: iav1917%ritcv@cs.rit.edu (alan i. vymetalik) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: What about a Windows binaries group? Message-ID: <1635@cs.rit.edu> Date: 18 Feb 90 16:39:25 GMT References: <16164.25d924c5@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> <1227@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> <22948@usc.edu> Sender: news@cs.rit.edu Reply-To: iav1917%ritcv@cs.rit.edu (alan i. vymetalik) Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Lines: 35