Xref: utzoo alt.sources.wanted:67 comp.sources.wanted:9634 rec.games.board:3399 rec.games.chess:3539 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!burdvax!gvlv2!gvlf1-c!markw From: markw@gvlf1-c.gvl.unisys.com (Mark H. Weber) Newsgroups: alt.sources.wanted,comp.sources.wanted,rec.games.board,rec.games.chess Subject: Re: Games Wanted for VMS (esp. Scrabble, Cribbage, and Chess) Message-ID: <439@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM> Date: 1 Dec 89 16:24:56 GMT References: <4319@helios.ee.lbl.gov> <435@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM> <13373@s.ms.uky.edu> Sender: news@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM Reply-To: markw@gvl.unisys.com (Mark H. Weber) Followup-To: alt.sources.wanted Organization: Unisys Defense Systems, Great Valley Labs, Paoli, Pa Lines: 24 In article <13373@s.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes: >markw@gvlf1-c.gvl.unisys.com (Mark H. Weber) writes: > >|There is a new network hierarchy being formed called vmsnet... > >|This heirarchy is being set up ouside of the normal usenet groups, and is >|being administered by the DECUS VMSnet working group. > >Whoa! Why is this being done? Why yet another net heirarchy to mess with? >Why not just make normal moderated groups? You'll reach more people that >way. > This has been discussed in news.admin and news.groups. Many people agree with your point of view. Others (including the DECUS group) feel that an separate hierarchy is easier to filter out for those sites which do not wish to receive any of the subgroups. They also wish to add and delete subgroups without going through the rigamarole involved in the current newsgroup creation procedures. -- Mark H. Weber | Internet: markw@GVL.Unisys.COM Unisys - Great Valley Labs | UUCP: ...!uunet!lgnp1!gvlv2!markw Paoli, PA USA (215) 648-7111 | ...!psuvax1!burdvax!gvlv2!markw Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com