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From: akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: sub-groups of comp.sys.handhelds
Keywords: sub-groups
Message-ID: <27bc2adf:1982.9comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 91 18:40:04 GMT
References: <1991Feb6.154900.19100@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <1991Feb14.160225.28526@u
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O.K>, 2 things.
One, off anybody who says we should have comp.sys.handhelds and
comp.sys.handhelds.hp or anythig like that;
Think!  What do you think would happen if you moved the hp's out of the
conference?  Yes, it would be easier to read, becaue there wouldn't be
any thing to read!  Almost everything is on, for, about the HP nand there
probably would be about 10 new messages a WEEK on a c.s.h without HP's. 
It makes no sense to split a conference to accomade a few people with
non-HP's.  And a mean a few people becasue there are not enough messages
on non HP's to warrant a message forum dedicated to them.

Two, Christopher Lishka makes a far bettwe point, or at lest brings the
point back.  If you are posting a message, simpy put your machine type in
the subject posting.  That solves all your problems.  If you are using a
BOSS or whatever, simply scan the messages for BOSS or some key item, and
only read those messages (o.k., put BOSS in the keywords or something). 
If you are using an HP, it's no big deal, just stop when you see the 2 or
3 BOSS messages.  BTW , I'm just using BOSS as an example, because I
don't want to bother writing all the other handhelds' names out.  We had
this discussion on putting machines in subject a while back and it seemed
like everyone pretty much agreed it was a good idea.    When I post, I
always specify ---- for HP48 and I have seen that a lot of people are
doing the same thing.  
O.K., guys simply post yor machine in the subject, and you non HP users
want  a seperate conference, go ahead and  continue your discussion on
what the nae should be, but make it a name for non HP machines.
         ---Falco