haugj@pigs.UUCP (John F. Haugh II) (05/10/88)
In article <1559@slvblc.UUCP>, dick@slvblc.UUCP (Dick Flanagan) writes: > Total 33 522398 21% 417156 > This newest version of the PiCnix collection is not currently > available from any public or private BBS, so you'll see it here > first! > -- > Dick this has become a rather hot topic with me and several others. when is the moderator going to take charge of this (comp.binaries.ibm.pc) and cut the volume on this group? i actually have several complaints with picnix being distributed on the net. first, picnix is a shareware product which the author is going to, attempt at least, make money from. as such, this posting belonged in biz.binaries.whatever. the source for picnix is available, therefore if anything were to be distributed it should be the sources, except that picnix is shareware and the author is greedy. secondly, we know what picnix is and another version has already been posted to usenet recently. i in fact run it on the compaqs here at work. why should my upstream feed be expected to transmit that thing to me if they aren't using it, considering i can pick it up from my local archive site? thirdly, the cost of transmitting this product is once again being borne by the net without their consent, per se. comp.binaries.ibm.pc was agreed upon as a moderated group. for monies to be spent on a whim by someone not the moderator is unfair and unjust. for dick flagan to spend $2,500 of the net's money at the push of a button is WRONG. fourthly, the cost of acquiring picnix from a public access site is minimal. the transmission costs for this package are approximately $4.00 at 2400bps, and right at $9.00 for 1200bps (figures based on connection statistics at rpp386) neither of those amounts are too much to expect an individual to pay. fifth, the posters in comp.binaries.ibm.pc don't seem to have the connectivity to be providing useful services to the net. rahul dhesi, the moderator of c.b.i.p, has provided useful services to the net, in the form of zoo, and would seem to be a responsible person, worthy of our trust. who is dick flagan? and did anyone notice that the site which transmitted the code was a uupc site? are we really going to let pc-clone users spend all of the net's money and provide nothing in return? having presented what i feel to be a rational, and reasonable argument for installing the moderator, would someone explain why it hasn't been done and then go do it anyway? and as an aside, i will be making picnix available for anonymous uucp AS I DO FOR MANY OTHER PACKAGES. if you missed a part COME AND GET IT YOURSELF! - john. -- The Beach Bum Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers UUCP: ...!ihnp4!killer!rpp386!jfh jfh@rpp386.uucp :DOMAIN "You are in a twisty little maze of UUCP connections, all alike" -- fortune