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From: edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Splitting the group
Message-ID: <1990Oct15.022550.19886@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 15 Oct 90 02:25:50 GMT
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Organization: Monash University, Caulfield Campus
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specter@disk.UUCP (Byron Max Guernsey) writes:

>Why not split it into groups like... comp.sys.amiga.1000 and
>comp.sys.amiga.5002000 and maybe comp.sys.amiga.general. I find it hard to
>believe the number of Amiga 2000, 3000, 4000, 1500, and 500 messages there
>are over the number of general messages. I like to read the 500 messages 
>because they are close to pertaining to my system (close no cigar) but the
>3000 might as well be referring to an entirely different system. Maybe an
>IBM or something! 
no no no!!!!

if we do that, then someone will post about a wonderful new program that they
found, and just because they own a 500, they will post in the 500 group.  Which
means that we would have to read all of the groups anyway.  It is much better
to split groups into topics, rather than platforms.

People who post about games (the good ones run on all platforms anyway) won't 
know where to post, and things will end up worse than they started.

(we've just received newgroups for many of the c.s.a groups that have been
discussed...what happened to official discussion and voting?????  remember
c.s.a.games???? someone's about to be castrated :-)

rik.
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