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- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!qdpii!ianst
- From: ianst@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au (Ian Staples)
- Subject: Re: Should SHAREWARE be posted in comp.sources.misc
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.060346.20287@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au>
- Keywords: Vote, shareware, sources.misc
- Organization: Qld Dept Primary Industries
- References: <1992Nov20.171751.25602@sparky.imd.sterling.com> <1ejd2mINN2uv@MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 06:03:46 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- In article <1ejd2mINN2uv@MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU> randall-joshua@yale.edu (Joshua Randall) writes:
- >I've got a whole lot of problems with this message.
- >
- >In article <1992Nov20.171751.25602@sparky.imd.sterling.com> votes@sparky.sterling.com writes:
- >>There has been an on going discussion as to whether SHAREWARE is
- >>acceptable for posting in the group comp.sources.misc. This has
- >>been a topic that flares up everytime that a piece of SHAREWARE
- >>is posted to the group. [...]
-
- Given the volume of shareware around the place, I suggest a separate group
- might be more appropriate: comp.sources.shareware?
-
- On the other hand, shareware is usually "freely" available from commercial
- sources at reasonable prices, so why clutter USENET with it?
-
- Of more interest would be user reviews of shareware products, which
- would include PC-SIG disk numbers, author's address, and asking price
- for registration of the product.
-
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