Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!jpser From: jpser@cup.portal.com (John Paul Serafin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: CFD Stuff Message-ID: <39888@cup.portal.com> Date: 6 Mar 91 05:17:52 GMT References: <6478@rex.cs.tulane.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 23 Jeff E Mandel MD MS writes: ... >To summarize the main issues: > >1) There is a significant body of opinion that the current single group is not > >serving the community well. This comes largely from the non-HP community, i.e. , >Sharp/Casio/Psion/etc. Basically, these people are tired of having to read 50 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >postings a day about issues relating to the HP48. > ... Since none of the above even come close to being computers (as opposed to having computers in them), perhaps their users should figure out what they are and start a group in some other heirarcy. Atari Portfolios and Poquets are closer to laptops than handhelds. It is somewhat ironic that HP products are practically ignored by media in general and in the one corner where HP users can freely discuss their handhelds they are being asked to leave. John Serafin | Operating a bicycle is more like driving than riding; jpser@cup.portal.com | operating an automobile is more like riding than driving