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- From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Where are the new newsgroups?
- Message-ID: <7271@lib.tmc.edu>
- Date: 9 Sep 1992 18:11:00 GMT
- References: <1992Sep9.164341.7475@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
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- In article <1992Sep9.164341.7475@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis) writes:
- >After we get these new groups, maybe we can change comp.binaries.os2
- >to comp.os.os2.binaries . This name would be closer to the other OS/2
- >newsgroup names.
-
- This is actually a Bad Idea; it's easier for admins to have all the binaries
- groups together so they can all be gotten or excluded with one specification
- in the file controlling such things. There's also a small but vocal group who
- would react to binaries in comp.os.os2.* by dropping the whole hierarchy.
-
- >Maybe we can also create comp.os.os2.ftp where we can discuss ftp
- >sites. This would be the discussion newsgroup for comp.binaries.os2/
- >comp.os.os2.binaries. This can include the weekly posting made by
- >the ftp-os2 moderator, as well as authors uploading their programs
- >to ftp-os2 ("I just uploaded my new program <xxxx> at ftp-os2"), and
- >repost requests ("My site did not receive part 6 of program <xxxx>.
- >Can someone e-mail me a copy?").
-
- This is a Nice Idea, but experience in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.{d,archives,
- wanted} shows it to be a Bad Thing. One .d group (comp.binaries.os2.d) might
- be a Good Thing, but expect it to be filled with a lot of extraneous junk.
-
- --
- Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
- jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity.
- "Keep in mind that Amateur Radio As We Know It Today will cease to exist
- at midnight tonight." -- Dave Newkirk, WJ1Z
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