Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!aplcen!samsung!shadooby!mailrus!purdue!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Call For Discussion Message-ID: <11769@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 8 Dec 89 01:59:13 GMT References: <37045@apple.Apple.COM> <37089@apple.Apple.COM> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 31 In article <37089@apple.Apple.COM> farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) writes: >In article pnakada@oracle.com (Paul Nakada) writes: >>I think I have to object... there is precedence set in this matter, >>with >>comp.sys.mac >>comp.sys.mac.hardware >>comp.sys.mac.programmer >>The USENET is set up in a hierarchy which would be upset with the >>creation of comp.tech.apple... Please is a vote is taken, first >>change comp.sys.apple to comp.sys.apple2 and then create >>comp.sys.apple2.tech or preferably comp.sys.apple2.programmer (as was >>done with the comp.sys.mac groups) > Just because the Macintosh people did something one way, does > not mean that the Apple II people must follow suit. The name > comp.tech.apple2 is short and concise. This has nothing to do with "Macintosh people". USEnet is an anarchic collection of sites that depends entirely upon voluntary cooperation with established conventions and procedures in order to keep from utterly disintegrating into chaos. The USEnet news group naming scheme has been worked out to permit reasonable "pattern matching" on groups being subscribed to by individuals or sites. comp.sys.SYSTEM_TYPE is the proper newsgroup name for traffic about computer systems of type SYSTEM_TYPE. If you don't approve of using "apple" to designate the Apple II line, then change it to "apple2" (and perhaps add "apple2gs" for 16-bit specific topics); that fits the established naming scheme. If you want to participate in USEnet, it is incumbent on you to cooperate with the aforemented procedures and conventions. Your personal beliefs about how it "should have been done" are irrelevant.