Re: Interest in Golden Orchard II?

[jagaroth@leland.Stanford.EDU (Jim Maricondo)]

In article <4attru$5m3@rock101.genie.net>,  <just.dave@genie.com> wrote:
>digisoft@hypermall.com (Jim Maricondo) writes:
>
>>I've received a few messages from people in reply to a previous post
>>hinting of a possible Golden Orchard II, but I'd like to be more specific
>>and ask for feedback.. (preferably post it, but email is OK too)
>
>Sounds like a great idea to me!  Make sure you include the files on it that
>didn't turn out due to the HFS bug on the first one, too :)

Well, I've only heard of a handful of files on GO that I missed in my QA
testing that turned out to not be readable due to the HFS bug (and only
one person noticed), but with the HFS bug fixed the point is moot since
all should be OK now  (Correct me if I'm wrong..)

>Rescuing the AOL library is a great idea. :)  One thing to be careful of
>though...  I know there are several uploads to GEnie which the uploaders
>included in them a note saying they were a GEnie-exclusive, and they weren't
>to be uploaded or distributed elsewhere.  I would suggest checking the AOL
>files for similar notices in case any of them were "AOL exlusive" and
>contacting the authors of said files before including them.

Alas, I really don't think that's feasible.  Would you like to
volunteer to sort through over 3,000 archives and read the readme files in
each one?  Sure it's doable, if you have like a month of free time and
don't mind doubling the cost of the CD...

 -Jim
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