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From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Meyer)
Subject: Re: FRED FISH CD ROM?
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In article <26477@snow-white.udel.EDU> NJ_GOKEM%FANDM.BITNET@pucc.princeton.edu writes:

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   >From:  edu%"trantow@csd4.csd.uwm.edu""Jerry J Trantow"  2-AUG-1990 14:10:43.83
   >Will there be a FredFish optical disk?  (Needs a catchy name)

   Yes! That would be great,
   But, and this is an important but,
   don't go the way apple-macintosh CD's went.

   For example: on the MAC-CDROM from EDUCORP are over 25 communications-programs,
   2 of them could do XMODEM, none could do ZMODEM.
   Why not just 5 com-programs, all of which are good!

Because for some reason, the authors of those other 20 thought the 5
you call "good" weren't acceptable - i.e, they needed VideoTron 150
emulation, and little else, which none of them provided.

The point of the CD-ROM is that it will hold the _entire_ Fish
collection (twice, even?). Pruning it based on quality for a CD-rom
isn't applicable. Doing "Gold Fish" (stolen name) that have your "best
of the Fish disks" on them is something different.

Later, when we get to Fish disk #700 or so, it might do to prune
antique versions of the software. But I'd be loathe to prune any old
versions before it was necessary, as the new versions may have bugs
that break vital features for a few users.

	<mike
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