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From: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Comp.sys.apple2.tech, BRL.MIL
Summary: Do we want a split?
Message-ID: <9034@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 15 Nov 89 03:19:01 GMT
References: <8911110117.aa05699@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <8911110117.aa05699@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> ART100@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>I see problems with splitting the groups into technical and
>non-technical (besides trying to get the info to the people who
>get info-apple by mail).

I tend to agree.

>First, I do read this group for the technical discussions, but not
>all of them. I don't have a GS and don't plan on owning one

I may buy a GS one day, but the point is that I do not have one either.
This fact would still have me wading through GS technical stuff to find
the II technical stuff.  i.e. there would still be a mixture of topics
even in a technical group.  I thought of suggesting a GS spinoff, but
having a GS-specific group would also be a disadvantage.  I have been
able to take advantage of many things revealed in seemingly
GS-specific postings.

Also, the first mention of "non-technical" subjects included "what
hard disk to buy".  For me, this is a very technical question involving
multiple users of a single SCSI drive, and partitioning on a non-GS.

If this group is split, I would end up needing to read both anyway.
Besides, several people would no doubt find it necessary to cross post,
and the volume would be a problem again.

Brian Willoughby
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