home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!decwrl!bu.edu!dartvax!coos.dartmouth.edu!crow
- From: crow@coos.dartmouth.edu (Preston F. Crow)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: Re: Atari binaries postings. A comment...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.191412.28951@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 19:14:12 GMT
- References: <1992Aug28.160452.4199@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> <1992Aug28.182233 <1992Aug28.224808.19274@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Aug31.175413.20955@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
- Sender: news@dartvax.dartmouth.edu (The News Manager)
- Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- Lines: 30
-
- In <1992Aug31.175413.20955@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> garold@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (g.d.redenbaugh) writes:
-
- >I am in favor of having binaries posted for the following reasons:
-
- > - more convenient than ftp'ing somewhere
- > - new binaries and updates come right across the screen
- > (don't have to ftp to there and figure out what is new
- > or decide if you are interested)
- > - more convenient for people to post binaries (hopefully
- > more binaries will be posted)
-
- >However, is it necessary to have a separate binaries news group. It
- >used to be common for binaries to be posted right to this group. I am
- >not against a binary news group if it will get binaries posted but is
- >there a reason why binaries can not be posted here.
-
- I think you have a good point. Why don't we just post uuencoded files
- here for now. If it becomes a problem, then we will have a much better
- argument for a new group. As it is, I'm not convinced that a new group is
- needed.
-
- BTW: Will people have trouble accessing uuencoded files? I won't
- have any problem, but then again, I'm using a Unix box to do my transfers.
-
- --PC
- --
- The position and/or opinions in the above message are those of the Board of
- Trustees of Dartmouth College. Copyright (c) 1992. All right reserved. The
- above positions are also held by George Bush, many foriegn world leaders, and
- you who are reading them. Preston bears no responsibility for the content.
-