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- From: markham@brtph600.bnr.ca (Andrew Markham P205)
- Subject: Re: RFD: alt.sys.newton(was RFD: alt.apple.newton)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.173910.11399@brtph560.bnr.ca>
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- References: <cline.711794712@ebony.cs.scarolina.edu> <cline.711902753@willow.cs.scarolina.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:39:10 GMT
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- In article <cline.711902753@willow.cs.scarolina.edu> cline@cs.scarolina.edu (Ernest Cline) writes:
- >Seems that I've managed to provoke quite a discussion!
- >More than I expected in fact. Based on what's been posted and mailed to me,
- >there would seem to be support for such a group, just disagreement over what
- >to name it.
- >
- >alt.sys.newton would seem to be the best place to put such a group.
- >
- >The main reason I am in favor of an alt instead of a comp group is that it
- >is not certain that Newton will be the final name given to it, in fact it's
- >probably just an internal project name, much as the Saratoga I'm typing this
- >on was. However there are some alternative names that might be worth
- >considering, particularly if there is a desire for a comp group NOW.
- >
- >*.sys.pda
- >*.sys.apple.@
- >*.sys.handhelds.@
- >*.sys.palmtops.@
- >*.sys.pen.@
- >
- >Where * is either alt or comp and @ is either newton or pda.
- >
- >If we are going to have a comp group now then I would prefer comp.sys.pda
- >for the following reasons.
- >1) We dont know if newton will be the product's final name and there will be
- >future PDA's other than newton, then a group ending in .pda would be a good
- >choice for a permanent group. Furthermore, a group ending in .newton would
- >be a good choice for a temporary group which is what I envision
- >alt.sys.newton to be.
- >2) I am against *.sys.apple.@ since none of the other Apple products are there.
- >They have their own distinct apple2 and mac heirarchies yet this device is
- >certainly going to be a lot more different than the Apple][ and Mac's are.
- >3) If we have *.handhelds.@ or *.pen.@ we are making a value judgement that
- >one or the other of the Newton's features is its main feature. I would like
- >such a group to consider the system in total not just a bit or piece of it.
- >4) I feel that *.sys.palmtops.@ is in any case the wrong place for such a
- >group. This is not a miniturized microversion of a regular computer.
-
- I'll agree with comp.sys.pda. Assuming that pda's become the next wave
- (which I think is highly likely), we could expand into comp.sys.pda.newton
- (assuming the name newton sticks) comp.sys.pda.<other_names>, etc...
-
- As for the comp/alt discussion, I prefer comp, because I believe pda's
- will be here to stay...
-
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