Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!strustee From: strustee@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Forbes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: proposal: comp.sys.mac.NeXT Message-ID: <1990Nov10.220546.7644@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 10 Nov 90 22:05:46 GMT References: Followup-To: alt.religion.computers Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 23 Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu (Garance Drosehn) writes: >However, to stick to the subject on this thread, if any of this "excuse me >while I ram this information down your throat" discussions have to go on, >I think they should go on in an appropriately named newsgroup. Maybe have ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >a comp.sys.mac.vs.next and a comp.sys.next.vs.mac, and have all articles >cross-posted to both, so no one has to feel bad about which machine is >mentioned first in the newsgroup name. How about "comp.sys.mine.is.bigger" or "alt.computers.freudian"? :-) Seriously, the whole Mac vs. NeXT vs. Amiga vs. IBM line of discussion is supposed to happen in alt.religion.computers, not the various threads devoted to specific machines. -- Scott Forbes strustee@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu -- '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Scott Forbes "If the going gets tough, strustee@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu a person should stop and figure out why"