Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!jade!eris!mwm From: mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (Don't have strength to leave) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: With friends like these.... Message-ID: <2125@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 17:03:24 EST Article-I.D.: jade.2125 Posted: Wed Jan 7 17:03:24 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Jan-87 19:18:01 EST References: <1112@spice.cs.cmu.edu> <227@mcdsun.UUCP> Sender: usenet@jade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (Don't have strength to leave) Meyer) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 30 Fred (and everybody else out there), One of the things I've been thinking about doing is going through all the disks you distribute (and any other PD disks I can get my hands on), finding and classifying the most useful programs, and then rearranging things so that 1) each disk only has programs of one class, and 2) the most recent version of each program was on that disk. For instance, a general utilities disk that has dirutil, popcli, Dillon's shell and such like on it; a development utilities disk with cc, make and who knows what else (lex, yacc, bison, maybe others?), a source examples disk, and an Emacs disk. Other things are obviously possible. However, I don't want to get involved in distribution, and this involves a significant amount of work that I'd rather not do (the thought of which makes me appreciate what you do all the more!). The thought of making some money off of it makes it more likely that I'd do it, but I'd hate to make anyone mad by doing so. The bottom line question is: if I did this, and charged dollars for the disks (say, $20 to $30, including printed copies of the documentation, where available), how many people would be upset. Most importantly, how many people contributing software to the PD would get upset? Thanx,