From: dave@frackit.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: FAS 2.10 async driver, part 5/5
Summary: Read better, be accurate
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:42:08 GMT
Organization: Data Factory Services, Harrisburg, Pa.

In article <52.30626@okys.infoserv.com>, madsere@okys.infoserv.com (Rene Madsen) writes:
> In article <OOC680E@geminix.in-berlin.de>, gemini@geminix.in-berlin.de (Uwe Doering) writes:

 [ Uwe's explanation for posting source to c.u.sysv386 deleted for brevity]

> Well maybe so, but you keep forgetting that we are many who subscribes
> here in europe for a cost of $95+/hour. And that's _just_ the telephone

Tht explains why you quoted so much of Uwes text in this posting I guess :-/

> For this reason it is _very_ annoying to see any waste of bandwidth, that
> be unnececary discussions and comments or postings not belonging to a
> certain group.

Uwe's posting hasn't been half as wasteful as the ensuing thread voicing
reactions to it. 

> As is pointed out by Uwe, he already _know_ that he should have posted
> to alt.sources rather than here, but thought I't would be appriciated,
> and that alt.sources would not be fast enough or not be read by all ...

Wrong. Uwe DID post it to alt.sources Please read more carefully:

-> In article <OOC680E@geminix.in-berlin.de>, gemini@geminix.in-berlin.de (Uwe Doering) writes:
    First of all, I don't like moderated source groups. They failed too many
    times in the past. I don't want to leave it to a moderator to decide when
    it is the right time to release my sources. I prefer to set the release
    date myself. Maybe if there were a moderated source group that had kind
    of a guaranteed worst case latency between submitting and posting the
    sources, I could live with that. But as it is now, a source release can
    be easily delayed for several weeks, if not months, and the submitter
    can't do anything about it.

    [ ... ]   
    
    Unfortunately, up to now the comp hierarchy doesn't have an unmoderated
    source group, so I had to post it to alt.source so that at least some
    archive sites get it. However, the alt hierarchy has a limited
    distribution. _Especially_ those UUCP sites that have to pay for
    their feed often don't carry the alt hierarchy. So to make the new
    FAS release available to them I crossposted it to the comp hierarchy.
    Again, _especially_ these pure UUCP sites have a strong interrest in
    FAS because their only connection to the USENET is via their serial
    lines.


Good reasons. Acceptable to many of us out here and worth being granted
an 'exception' to the rule of posting source to a non-source groups. Not
many people would deserve it. Uwe does. 

> But why should FAS be different than all other sources ? 

Asked and answered MANY times so far in this thread. If you don't need a
FAS driver you won't understand.

> There is a system of newsgroups for a reason ... to let people subscribe
> to their need! The result of these 'wrong' postings are that those of
> us who pay this price go subscribe to the group will go and unsubscribe.

Cutting off your nose to spite your face will serve no useful purpose
except to make it difficult to wear glasses.  Uwe posted what he thought
would be a well received program.  Some people bitched about it (well,
one person in particular kicked this thread off).  It's not like you
have the full brunt of any of the binary or source groups crossposted
here for petes sake.  It was ONE program and the ensuing bitch thread
has caused even more traffic. 

> And yes, there are computers in use in Europa. Unfortunately we are a
> bit behind America on the development and therefore tend to use your
> good ideas (such as usenet), instead of reinventing the wheel. But the
> European marked IS still at an equal size of America AND Canada AND
> Mexico TOGETHER.

So? What's your point? PLEASE don't tell me this is about to degenerate
into a "We're as big as all of you" discussion. Don't think I could take
that this week. 

> Asbestos suit on, gloves, boots ... ok ready for the flames ;-)

Are you sure about that ? :)


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