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From: zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean)
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Splitting comp.sys.handhelds
Summary: Don't split, but do rename
Keywords: handhelds hp msdos
Message-ID: <1749@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 28 Feb 91 23:59:52 GMT
References: <1746@madnix.UUCP> <16891@accuvax.nwu.edu>
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In Article <16891@accuvax.nwu.edu>, kaufman@delta.eecs.nwu.edu
(Michael L. Kaufman) writes:
>In article <1746@madnix.UUCP> zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean) writes:
 
>>   I hate to say it, but I think what we really need is
>>comp.sys.handhelds.msdos, to cover poqet/portfolio/jaguar and
>>whatever else is in the works.
>
>Yea right.  I have been reading c.s.h for over a year, and we have had almost,
>oh...50 posts on all the these systems.  Why thats almost one a week.
 
   Please note that the lack of non-HP postings to c.s.h does not
really prove or disprove anything. To the casual observer, c.s.h
is "obviously" an HP-only group.
 
>Maybe we should wait and see if things pick up for those systems before we
>start a new group.
 
   You have a point, but not for the reason you gave. A better
idea would be to direct poquet/portfolio/jaguar discussion to
comp.sys.laptops, which is "obviously" an msdos group.
 
   Based on traffic, comp.sys.handhelds doesn't need to be split,
but it *does* need to be renamed. The HP28 & 48 have very little
in common with the Wizard/Boss/Portfolio (except for physical
size), and it really doesn't make sense for them to share a
newsgroup.
 
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zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean)
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