Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!orion!houca!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!duke!mcnc!unc!bts From: bts@unc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: net.reports for tech reports Message-ID: <5442@unc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Jun-83 14:09:15 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.5442 Posted: Sat Jun 25 14:09:15 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jun-83 02:28:04 EDT Lines: 23 This idea was suggested by Gene Spafford's (spaf@gatech) recent request that people put Ga. Tech on their mailing lists for technical reports, and by lists of reports I've seen in ACM SIG-publications (and other jour- nals) which come out many months late. How about a group where organizations could post lists of new reports (or old ones) that are available, along with addresses and ordering instructions? (Would advertising reports for which there is a charge constitute commercial use of the net? I don't know.) This already happens, to a limited extent, in special- interest newsgroups. The alternative would be to post a longer list of reports to one newsgroup and to let other articles refer to that list. It also would give us a chance to argue over what format the lists should be presented in. The only problem I can forsee is that too many people may write asking for free reports. Bruce T. Smith, UNC-CH duke!unc!bts (USENET) bts.unc@udel-relay (lesser NETworks)