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From: ittai@shemesh.GBA.NYU.EDU (Ittai Hershman)
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
Subject: Re: comp.multimedia anyone?
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Date: 17 Nov 90 16:01:20 GMT
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> The group already exsist as far as I know. It's call comp.mail.multi-media
> and they duplicate all the traffic of this newsgroup. 

I disagree.  Comp.mail.multi-media is a highly specialized group -- as
multimedia mail must coexist with e-mail standards and transport issues
(i.e. "multimedia" modifies "mail" in that group).  The reason for the
duplicate traffic is because there is no clear home for multimedia
issues, so people like me crosspost to two or three groups.

I would prefer to see a comp.multimedia which could be expanded in the
future (if traffic warrants it) to things like: comp.multimedia.desktop,
comp.multimedia.interactive, comp.multimedia.dvi, comp.multimedia.standards,
etc.

Finally, whether we like it or not the term "multimedia" has stuck to
this stuff.  I suggest its use in the title simply because it is the term
which most people associate with the topic and is therefore most likely
to attract those who are interested.  Yes it is ambigous, but in a good
way for our purposes.  Comp.multimedia is short, sweet, and to the point.

-Ittai