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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
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Subject: Re: comp.os.minix splitup
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Date: 8 Mar 91 15:15:24 GMT
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In article <46876@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Paul.Northover@dundee.ncr.com writes:
>Agreed, that way automatic archivers would pick it up. However a message would
>also have to be sent to the discussion group as well so that those not
>subscribing to the sources group would know about the posting. 


No.  I would presume that there would NOT be an announcement in the
discussion group.  That would INCREASE the number of messages for people
who read both groups, which I suspect will be a large fraction of the total.
If the net result of the split is to make life more complicated for most
people, I think it is a bad idea.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)