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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Comp.binaries.mac moderation (FLAME
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Date: 14 Jul 88 14:06:00 GMT
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Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Jul 14 09:06:00 1988


Maybe no one is writing useful PD or shareware software for the
macintosh any more.  I agree with David Fry that for one reason or
another, comp.binaries.mac has had (almost) nothing but junk.  

The recent postings seem to be either highly-system specific (MPW
tools), or not serious (Humpback), or trivial little tools to change
creator types, for people who HAPPEN to have Word Processor X and
HAPPEN to encounter problem Y frequently.  Or the software is for
people who mainly have 4Mb or 5Mb of memory to burn (SSSwitcher).

Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
ARPA: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu   UUCP: {uunet,ihnp4,harvard}!uiucdcs!gillies