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From: mickey@ncst.ernet.in (R Chandrasekar)
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
Subject: Re: newsgroup covering DVI?
Message-ID: <1109@shakti.ncst.ernet.in>
Date: 22 Nov 90 15:46:37 GMT
References: <755@bohra.cpg.oz> <7324@shemesh.GBA.NYU.EDU>
Reply-To: mickey@ncst.ernet.in (R Chandrasekar)
Followup-To: mickey@shakti.ernet.in (R Chandrasekar)
Organization: National Centre for Software Technology, Bombay, INDIA
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In article <7324@shemesh.GBA.NYU.EDU> ittai@shemesh.GBA.NYU.EDU (Ittai Hershman) writes:

>The point I was trying to make is that we ought to have a newsgroup
>with a broad scope, which can spawn off more specific newsgroups as
>needed.  Multimedia is the term used by most people, in the same way
>as "groupware" (another neologism of dubious value).

Some of my colleagues are interested in using multimedia 
for instructional purposes. 
I have some work going on in Intelligent Information Retrieval on
large (free text) archives. I am interested in CD-ROM and
erasable optical disc technology for mass storage of text. There are
significant overlaps (as I understand it) in videodisc technology and
CD-ROM technology. As a novice in the area, I am looking for groups
which I can learn from (for example about mastering and publishing)
and perhaps contribute to.

There does not seem to be any other newsgroup addressing some
of these issues. As things stand, comp.ivideodisc is probably
addressing more than interactive video. For example,
Kathy Strong's inputs are very useful from my perspective 
(so *Thanks*, and don't go silent even if you are feel you're the 
only one on, Kathy ! :-) ).

I have some questions:

  1. From what I told you of my interests, are there any other
     news groups related to the technologies I am interested in,
     to which I should subscribe to?

  2. Is my asssumption of commonality between technologies
     ill-founded? I do agree that there is a technology aspect
     and an application aspect to, for example, ivideodisc;
     technology overlaps may be meaningless when the application
     domains are far separated. But can't we discuss 
     common issues in this group?

  3. The next issue is that of the name. Perhaps .video and
     .multimedia come with connotations which might increase
     "noise" in the group. But is the issue that of a change 
     in the name, or a change in the perception of what the
     group is all about?

To me a broadening of the scope of this group with an acceptable
name would be a nice and useful thing.

   -- Chandrasekar
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