Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!ames!al From: al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus) Newsgroups: net.news.config,net.news.group,net.micro.mac Subject: Re: impending newsgroup cuts Message-ID: <1243@ames.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 15:33:29 EST Article-I.D.: ames.1243 Posted: Tue Nov 5 15:33:29 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 19:34:28 EST References: <472@spice.cs.cmu.edu> Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 23 Xref: dcdwest net.news.config:544 net.news.group:3053 net.micro.mac:3357 > >In article <6081@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes: > >>I am starting to feel really hostile towards net.sources.mac, especially > >>since it's now #1 in volume... > > > >I would second that. The shareware postings are of course irritating > >but even the non-commercial stuff bothers me. The way I see it, > >there's a small group of mac users who have discovered this "free" way > >of distributing software, namely USENET. It reminds me of the > >proposals to form net.peace on the basis that USENET was a good way > >for them to keep in touch. The common problem that I have with this is > >that both these interests have nothing to do with the nature of the > >network or its intended use, namely to support unix users. If the > >volume were low net.sources.mac would be much more acceptable than > >net.peace as there would be little question of liability. But the > >volume is very high, the utility is very low, and I would love to get > >rid of it. > > Some very useful software for interfacing Macs to UNIX, e.g., macget, macput, that window program, etc. have come over net.sources.mac. The nature of the net is that there's a lot of junk on it - but there's a few gems hidden among the muck, and thats why we love it. Let's keep net.sources.mac, but maybe people could be a little more careful about postings.