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From: rec@mplvax.UUCP (Richard Currier)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Cleaning up net.sources.mac
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Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 01:48:33 EST
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Posted: Sun Oct 27 01:48:33 1985
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Here is one strong vote to keep mac.sources. Until I see other groups like
net.religion,politics,abortion  going into the can I see the "cleanup" of mac
sources as just another tempest in a teapot. I use the group for my WORK which,
among other things, involves looking into the possibility of using macs as 
inexpensive graphics terminals etc. Finding the MacWrite to troff converter
and the MacPaint to imagen software on the group has been helpful to my WORK.
I emphasize the WORK because that is what this network is supposed to be used
for: the dissemination of information for the purpose of increasing one's eff-
ectiveness at WORK. If there is a legal problem with "shareware" then find out
about it and act accordingly. If there is no real problem, then leave the 
shareware alone. I have found a few gems come through that more than justify
the existence of the group. Software, by the way, that I use in my WORK. If
there is a real legal problem with shareware someone is going to have to ex-
plain the existance of a lot of it at sumex-aim where I go to the trough to 
get a lot of software that I either miss on the net or need to re-acquire.
A hearty thanks to those at sumex-aim. I have a feeling that this problem is
vapor-worry but whoever is responsible for taking care of these things should
probably find out for sure. When I see the volume of traffic that goes through
a lot of groups that I would have to call "entertainment" I have to strongly
protest ANY attempt to limit mac.sources in any way until it can be shown that
there are no other alternatives. This is a useful, productive and legitimate
group and will remain so certainly as long as there people on the net investi-
gating the use of the Macintosh in the work place.



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	richard currier		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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