Re: What about a Windows binaries group?

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From: Tom Haapanen
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1990 12:55

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Roger Hadgraft <hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au> writes:
> I suggest we open up this group to binaries for a trial period to see
> whether an unmoderated process will work. Hopefully those operating
> Windows archives will be able to add to their stocks by extracting the
> programs.

Uhh, excuse the dumb question, but why can't Windows programs be posted
through comp.binaries.ibm.pc?  That group exists, and is operating once
again.  I doubt the moderator would object to Windows binaries.  At least
you could ask...  And the volume in that group isn't too high to watch
for Windows programs.

                                        \tom haapanen
"now, you didn't really expect          tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu
 my views to have anything to do        watmims research group
 with my employer's, did you?"          university of waterloo

"I don't even know what street Canada is on"  -- Al Capone

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