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- From: scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons)
- Subject: Re: comp.sources.reviewed and a blast from the past
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:24:12 GMT
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- dean@coplex.com (Dean Brooks) writes:
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- >andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca (Andrew Patrick) writes:
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- >>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.
- --
- "If life were fair, the acquisition of a large bosom or a massive inheritance
- 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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