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From: daniel@icon.pp.se (Daniel Eriksson)
Subject: Re: REPOST: quick and dirty pcmcia support
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Dan Muntz (dmuntz@quip.eecs.umich.edu) wrote:
> Someone sent a nastygram to my postmaster about the previous posting
> of this code, and either this (anonymous) twit or our local "User Advocates"
> cancelled the post.  As I have had no problems in the past with my code
> postings to this group (and the 386bsd groups, previously), and have
> received requests for reposting, here it is again.  Should this post
> be cancelled as well, I'd appreciate any pointers to the canceller.  If such
> posts are not considered appropriate here, perhaps a discussion should
> be started in this group about them.  Seems a bit nicer and more productive
> than reacting by sending insulting email to one's postmaster.

Well, consider this a complaint! I'm quite sure your code is excellent
and all that, but 150k in a discussion-group is a bit too much, at least
when you are sitting behind a slow and rather expensive UUCP-connection
(28k8 @ 0.1USD/min). (Ok, 150K is a drop in the bucket for me, but many
drops soon form a flood...)

Why not put it up for FTP someplace and post a notice her instead?

Have a nice day!

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Daniel Eriksson, daniel@icon.pp.se