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From: raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Idea for Discussion: Remove LaTeX from TeX Group?
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Date: 8 Feb 91 17:09:20 GMT
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In-Reply-To: xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang)

In article <58132@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, xiaofei@acsu (Xiaofei Wang) writes:
>Would that be a good idea to remove LaTeX related discussions from
>``comp.text.TeX'' to ``comp.text.LaTeX''?

I think this is a drasTeX measure.

This is like deciding to split rec.autos into rec.autos.manual and
rec.autos.automatic.  There are too many people interested in both
sides and there is too much overlap for the split to be worthwhile.

If such a split were undertaken, I forsee rampant cross-posting,
which will defeat the purpose of the split anyway.

Besides, we're supposed to be one big happy family.  The REAL enemy is
troff! (No!  Wait!  I didn't really say that!) :-) (Honest, some of my
best friends use troff...)