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  1. Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!kithrup!hoptoad!decwrl!mips!carbon!news.cs.indiana.edu!syscon!gator!fang!att!cbnewsc!cbnews!nrc
  3. From: nrc@cbnews.cb.att.com (N. Richard Caldwell)
  4. Subject: Re: Pre RFD Interest in comp.bbs.[system]
  5. Organization: AT&T Network Systems  -  Columbus, Ohio
  6. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:04:32 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <1992Aug20.170432.4324@cbnews.cb.att.com>
  8. References: <1992Aug20.012251.121315@zeus.calpoly.edu>
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  11. From article <1992Aug20.012251.121315@zeus.calpoly.edu>, by cambler@zeus.calpoly.edu (Christopher J. Ambler, Phish):
  12. > This is NOT an RFD. It's just an idea that I said I'd throw out.
  13. > 
  14. > Is there any interest in other comp.bbs.[system] groups? Should they
  15. > be created as necessary, or is a global vote on the most used systems
  16. > a good idea, which will stimulate discussion? (And perhaps help persuade
  17. > manufacturers to get on the Usenet... though from the ONE BBSCON, it
  18. > looks like persuasion isn't needed, and that's in the works anyway).
  19.  
  20. No, you've got it backwards, the interest should drive the creation of
  21. the groups not vice versa.  If traffic about one particular bbs system
  22. becomes great enough to merit a new group the interested parties can
  23. go through the normal procedure for creating a newsgroup.
  24.  
  25. This is a bad idea.
  26.  
  27.  
  28.  
  29. "Don't drive too slowly."                 Richard Caldwell
  30.                                           AT&T Network Systems
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