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From: stephen@hpdml93.HP.COM (Stephen Holmstead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: comp.sys.amiga.games - what do you think?
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Date: 6 Dec 89 16:49:46 GMT
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Gary R Heffelfinger writes:
>If you want technical information, go to c.s.a.t.  If
>you want general Amiga information, (Amiga games are included in this
>category IMO) go to c.s.a.  If we must do something, I vote for putting
>"GAME:" in the subject line.

I have been following this discussion closely to see how it was swaying
and I think it is time to jump in.  According to an article in
news.lists on Nov 22, 1989 by newsstats@uunet.UU.NET, there have been
968 new articles posted to comp.sys.amiga in the last 2 weeks!!  These
articles involve just over 1.1 Megabytes of data!!  That is insane!!  Is
there *ANYONE* who can read > 1 Mb of articles EVERY TWO WEEKS?!?!?
That sounds like a full-time job.  BTW, comp.sys.amiga has consistently
had the highest traffic of all of the comp.sys.* for many months now.

What I am saying is that if there is any way to decrease the load on
comp.sys.amiga, then I am all for it.  I would prefer a
comp.sys.amiga.games and maybe even a comp.sys.amiga.hardware.  I don't
think by adding these groups will give the Amiga a bad name.  I see it
as "the Amiga is *SO* popular that it has to have 3 (or more) comp.sys 
news groups".

I keep hearing people say, "please respond via e-mail--I don't have
enough time to keep up with all the notes".  By putting "GAME:" in the
title isn't going to help.  Lets make some *HELPFUL* improvements.

I vote for YES for comp.sys.amiga.games.

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