CALL FOR DISCUSSION: comp.sys.3b1
Bob Wilber
wilber at alice.att.com
Tue Nov 20 11:29:34 AEST 1990
I don't see much point in creating comp.sys.3b1 unless it *replaces*
unix-pc.*.
If unix-pc stays around then:
1. 1/4 of the posts will go only to unix-pc.*, 1/4 will go only to
comp.sys.3b1, and 1/2 will be cross posted to both. Just like the
current situation with respect to comp.sys.att.
2. People will continue to cross post Intel articles to unix-pc.*.
3. If some sort of automatic gate-way scheme is used to try to alleviate
problem 1, then all those Intel posts will wind up in comp.sys.3b1 too.
So we won't have gained a heck of a lot. Is it really the case that people
who have managed to get their hands on the elusive unix-pc.* hierarchy
will find it so difficult to instead get a single main hierarchy newsgroup?
(And no, you aren't forced to get a "full news feed" just because you want
one group.)
Bob Wilber
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