Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CALL FOR LOCAL DISCUSSION Revision 1: Split the c.s.a group more? Message-ID: <6851@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 21 Oct 90 12:39:47 GMT References: <1990Oct19.231315.11667@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Reply-To: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston Lines: 46 I note another set of forged newgroup messages have arrived at sugar. Would the bozo in question quit it? ANyway, a pretty good proposal. I have just a couple of comments. > comp.sys.amiga.market Not a perfect name, but acceptable. I like the friendlier ".swapmeet" myself. Besides, c.s.a.market sounds like where you bitch about CBM's ad campaigns. > comp.sys.amiga.compare I have some strong opposition to the name ".compare". It encourages flame wars, and sends a signal to the rest of the net that the Amiga is a machine not to be taken seriously. It implies an inferiority complex. On the other hand, a name like ".futures" is more positive. It asks for positive ideas and criticism... you can include "comparisons with other machines" in the charter, but let's not make them the forefront. We don't need a flame group. I would be strongly inclined to vote against this group with this name, even if I vote straight party-line elsewhere. I'm sorry to bring up this sort of divisiveness at this point, but this name is pure flame-bait. If futures isn't enough, split it into futures and rumors. Or include all three, with a note that only "compare" or "futures+rumors" will be created. > Moderators: > peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) I'm going to have to withdraw until sugar can find a local MX. We can't afford to pay UUNET plus long distance for the volume of mail this will entail. > Since I (almost) know Peter has FTP and other archives set up at his > site, We have archives, but they're for BBS callers only. We have no FTP or anonymous UUCP access, and are not yet commercial. > comp.os.amiga Try "comp.os.tripos", for the Amiga and Sinclair Spectrum. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .