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From: taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION ON NEW GROUP
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Date: 20 Feb 91 14:42:18 GMT
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Offhand, I don't think a split is going to help anyone.  I've been
reading the group for years and there's never been much non-HP traffic. 
It's not that anything is done to prevent it.

On the other hand, if the split happens, I don't think it's going to
hurt much either.  I'd expect c.s.h to have little  traffic (except
cross-posts from c.s.h.hp) and c.s.h.hp to have the same traffic load. 
I think the resistance is mostly people feeling that since hp traffic
has kept the group alive all this time, it's pretty cold for a minority
to try and push *us* out.

Overall, my only concern is that if there aren't enough cross-posts to
c.s.h, it might go away and if there are enough to keep it alive, it
will be duplicating c.s.h.hp.  For me to vote "yes" on splitting the
group, I'd have to see numbers that show non-hp postings account for
enough volume to sustain a newsgroup. For that matter, since there have
to be 100 more "Yes" votes than "no" votes, I'd be interested to see if
non-hp posters amounted to 100 warm bodies.

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                                     Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber, KC1TD

If I was authorized to speak for my employer, I'd be too important to
waste my time on this crap....