Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mplvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!lll-crg!ucdavis!ucbvax!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!mplvax!rec From: rec@mplvax.UUCP (Richard Currier) Newsgroups: net.news,net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Cleaning up net.sources.mac Message-ID: <224@mplvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 01:48:33 EST Article-I.D.: mplvax.224 Posted: Sun Oct 27 01:48:33 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Oct-85 04:43:21 EST References: <1134@sdcsvax.UUCP> <10674@ucbvax.ARPA> <536@felix.UUCP> <2920@sun.uucp> Reply-To: rec@mplvax.UUCP (Richard Currier) Organization: Marine Physical Laborator of SIO at UCSD Lines: 30 Xref: watmath net.news:4172 net.micro.mac:3167 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. -- richard currier marine physical lab u.c. san diego {ihnp4|decvax|akgua|dcdwest|ucbvax} !sdcsvax!mplvax!rec