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- From: geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu (Thumper)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Hey how about a new group for UTILITIES ???????
- Keywords: New Group Utilities - NOT! NOT! NOT!
- Message-ID: <C1FFCy.AMI@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 20:24:32 GMT
- References: <wondertr.727740621@sfu.ca>
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- In <wondertr.727740621@sfu.ca> wondertr@fraser.sfu.ca (wondertree learning center) writes:
-
- >and in case you hadn't noticed UTILITIES IS a major software group
- >generally reserved for programs that do not take up megabytes of disk
- >space and/or add functions to the system in general.
-
- That's an interesting definition of a utility. Mine would be something
- like: "Software that adds functionality to the operating system." Now that
- would cover everything from Norton Utils to SuperClock!.
-
- A VERY precise definition would be needed for a group with such a vague
- name.
-
- As before, what is this doing in .apps? Why not discuss it in .misc where
- it belongs?
-
- -Geoff
-
- >PS I thought that Internet was for the exchange of IDEAS
- >NOT the squelching of them!!!
-
- Well, that all depends on the idea, doesn't it?
- --
- geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU - Computing Support Consultant, Tuck School of Business
-
- "You have to rob to get rich in the Reagan Era."
- -Nino Brown, _New_Jack_Hustler_
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