andy@mks.com (Andy Toy) (08/15/90)
tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) writes: | There has been quite a bit of discussion about this in comp.windows.ms, and | far too many binaries floating through that group. davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes: > I'm a bit unhappy with the volume of binary postings in the windows >group, as you say "far too many." goodearl@world.std.com (Robert Goodearl) writes: 'As a regular reader of and contributor to cwm, I'm sad to say that some folks 'there don't seem to care. There seems to be a lack of understanding of and 'respect for the cooperative rules of the net. I (and others) have tried to 'make some reasonable arguments for posting binaries to cbip, and while 'we may have had some effect, binaries do continue to be posted to the cwm. ' 'If any of you have suggestions for how to educate the readers of cwm, I'd 'certainly be appreciative. Well, if too many people post binaries to comp.windows.ms then some sites will stop feeding it, some will want it to be moderated, some will try to create comp.binaries.mswindows, some will flame the posters and tell them to post c.b.i.p, and others will predict the imminent death of USENET. :-) -- Andy Toy, Mortice Kern Systems Inc., Internet: andy@mks.com 35 King Street North, Waterloo, UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!andy Ontario, CANADA N2J 2W9 Phone: 519-884-2251 FAX: 519-884-8861