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From: 2FHDDOWEL@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (John A. Thywissen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: What is ".tech"?  (was: Technical subjects?)
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Date: 8 Dec 89 20:39:28 GMT
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Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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In article <89120318304879@masnet.uucp>, john.russell@canremote.uucp writes:
> Lately comp.sys.amiga.tech has been flooded with postings 
   [that are of the 'Help, It's broke' vareity.]
 * * * * * *
> May I suggest that although these may have been appropriate for
> comp.sys.amiga.tech back when you were expected to build your own HD or
> memory expansion, and there was a very select group of people who could
> help with questions like this, that these are now very general subjects
> that should be reserved for comp.sys.amiga?
 * * * * * *
>    I can remember when .tech 
> contained mostly articles with hardware and software discussions on
> topics that most Amiga people *didn't* know.

Perhaps it is time for cmp.sys.amiga.REALLYTECH.  :-)

Actually, it may be a side effect of comp.sys.amiga.tech being a "sub-group" of
comp.sys.amiga.  If it were instead comp.sys.tech.amiga, perhaps things
wouldn't be so bad.  It is getting to the point were I throw out 90% of THIS
group based on the subject line. (comp.sys.amiga is WORSE)  Every time I am
ready to DEREGISTER, a small glimmer of hope (like some godd hardware stuff
from daveh) keeps me from doing it.  

Perhaps we need to set more concete guidelines (not directives cast in stone,
just guidelines) about what is ".tech".  I think most of the people who post
the "Help, it's broke" messages just don't know the difference.

So: Issue:    >> WHAT IS .TECH? <<       Any thoughts?

Now, there are some people who needlessly cross-post to the world.  In these
cases, we need to get more defensive of our time and explain to the
perpetrators how that is unacceptable behavior, and point them to
news.announce.newusers (Emily Postnews's guide to nettiqute).

Lets see if we can get some dicussion about what is appropos to this group.

--John A. Thywissen, +1 913 864 2646, bix: thywiss, thywiss@csvax.cs.ukans.edu