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From ts@uwasa.fi Sun Dec 17 00:00:00 1995
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Subject: AUTHOR.FAQ contents
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Copyright (c) 1993-1995 by Timo Salmi
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All rights reserved
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Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of news:comp.archives.msdos.announce
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Moderating at ftp:// & http://garbo.uwasa.fi archives 193.166.120.5
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Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of Vaasa
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ts@uwasa.fi http://uwasa.fi/~ts BBS 961-3170972; FIN-65101, Finland
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<20> Please first read the file MUSTREAD.NOW <20>
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1) Why don't you add a line for the program category?
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2) How do I submit my own entry to this list?
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3) Are there any drawbacks of being on the authors' address list?
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4) Are all submissions accepted to the list?
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5) May I submit an entry on behalf of my friend?
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sun Dec 17 00:00:01 1995
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Subject: Listing by programs
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1. *****
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Q: Why don't you add a line for the program category?
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Q2: Why don't you allow several lines or several items to list all
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the author's programs?
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Q3: Why isn't this list arranged by products?
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A: I appreciate this frequent query and suggestion, but it is based
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on a misunderstanding of my goal for this authors' list. This list
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is not meant to be a product catalogue for finding programs. This is
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meant to be a list of the email addresses of the authors on the
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list. For finding programs use files such as garbo.uwasa.fi:
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/pc/INDEX.ZIP, /pc/INDEXTS.ZIP and /pc/pd2/bestp*.zip.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sun Dec 17 00:00:02 1995
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Subject: How to submit
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2. *****
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Q: How do I submit my own entry to this list?
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A: The information is given in SUBMIT.TXT in this same package.
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Please read it carefully before submitting.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sun Dec 17 00:00:03 1995
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Subject: Drawbacks of being on the list
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3. *****
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Q: Are there any drawbacks of being on the authors' address list?
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A: Frankly, yes. There are the same dangers as being on any public
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address list. Besides the desirable contacts you might get unwanted
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solicitations from vendors etc. That has been known to happen.
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Another natural drawback is that you should remember to send in
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an updated entry if your information changes. Again this is as with
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any address list. Having and old and / or invalid address on a
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public list can be a disadvantage to the author's image.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sun Dec 17 00:00:04 1995
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Subject: Are all submissions accepted
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4. *****
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Q: Are all submissions accepted to the list?
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A: No, even assuming that the submitted entry is valid and
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complete. There are several restrictions:
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- Only authors who produce PD and shareware material are covered:
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- Solely Windows authors are not covered. But there is a separate
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Windows authors' list as announced in AUTHOR.LST.
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- Authors with only fully commercial material are not covered.
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- Authors of recreational MS-DOS games are not covered.
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- Authors of religious material, support a cause material, or
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otherwise controversial material are not covered.
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- On the other hand, authors of MS-DOS related and other FAQ
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(Frequently Asked Questions) material are welcome.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sun Dec 17 00:00:05 1995
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Subject: Submitting for someone else
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5. *****
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Q: May I submit an entry on behalf of my friend?
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A: No, I am afraid I must decline such submissions. This is in
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effect a database of persons' or companies' addresses. I must have
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the information directly from the author to prevent any
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misunderstanding about him/her wanting to be on this list. Besides I
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wish to assure that the email address really is valid and usable.
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But if you wish to inform your friend of the existence of this
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list, I would very much appreciate that. You might even suggest to
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me authors who should be on this list, so I can send them the
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invitation to the MS-DOS authors' list. But then you'll have to
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include his/her email address in your suggestion to me.
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