sjouke@tnosoes.izf.tno.nl (Sjouke Burry) (01/10/91)
With the activation of a new worldwide newsgroup for acorn machines, a number of new members apparently see fit to start of by trying to kill of the submission of binaries in this newsgroup. Besides the fact that this is not a very polite way of joining up , they also try to change a policy on our newsgroup, which has worked well for the last years. Binaries are two of the three reasons I participate, and occasionally submit. Maybe we need rules about the maximum length, but for those few binaries we see, we need neither a moderator nor a separate newsgroup. But watever your opinion is ,lets please not start to bash in heads. Sjouke. P.S. !placeit binary worked nice! Thank you! ********************************************************************* * Sjouke Burry +31 34 63 56426(room phone)* * TNO Institue for perception +31 34 63 56211(phone desk)* *P.O.Box 23 +31 34 63 53977( fax ) * * 3769 ZG Soesterberg * * The Netherlands * * Email adress: sjouke@izf.tno.nl * * Full path :uunet!hp4nl.nluug.nl!tnosoes!sjouke * *********************************************************************
mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) (01/11/91)
sjouke@tnosoes.izf.tno.nl (Sjouke Burry) writes: > With the activation of a new worldwide newsgroup for acorn machines, > a number of new members apparently see fit to start of by trying to kill of > the submission of binaries in this newsgroup. Besides the fact that this is > not a very polite way of joining up , they also try to change a policy on > our newsgroup, which has worked well for the last years. Which newsgroup are you talking about? comp.sys.acorn was formed as a discussion group as I recall, so it is inappropriate to post binaries there and always has been. On the other hand, eunet.micro.acorn has a history of binary postings. Since nobody seems to know what the rules are for eunet groups, you can presumably carry on posting your binaries there. > Binaries are two of the three reasons I participate, and occasionally > submit. Maybe we need rules about the maximum length, but for those few > binaries we see, we need neither a moderator nor a separate newsgroup. Unless, of course, you care about the number of readers you get. mathew.