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From: zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: New Groups.
Summary: Where does Jaguar fit in?
Message-ID: <1769@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 13 Mar 91 22:19:56 GMT
References: <9103061433.AA05927@nic.gac.edu>
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Someone in a previous posting suggested:
 
> comp.sys.hp.28
> comp.sys.hp.48
> comp.sys.hp.jaguar (or whatever it gets called)
> comp.sys.handhelds
 
In article <712@thebeach.UUCP>, spell@thebeach.UUCP (chris spell)
writes:
 
>Considering the imminent release of a DOS based handheld by HP
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>and the possibility of new calculators compatible with the hp48,
>I would name the two groups:
>
>        comp.sys.hpcalc         (moderated:   source, informative postings)
>        comp.sys.hpcalc.d       (unmoderated: general discussion)
 
   Is the Jaguar a 'calculator'? Is it a 'handheld'? Or both? I'm
not trying to be difficult here, but I'd like to see all of the
msdos-based "palmtops" (current buzzword) together somewhere, and
comp.sys.hp[calc].jaguar doesn't quite do it. Of course, there is
a real possibility that the Jaguar will be so successful that the
others will disappear, but I think it's more likely to turn out
like the laptop market, with no one dominant player (ie, none big
enough to justify its own newsgroup), and most of the discussion
centering on whatever is different from "desktop" msdos
(batteries, LCD's, RAMcards).
 
   This *might* be another argument for staying separated from
the comp.sys.hp hierarchy, depending on whether you think the
Jaguar is likely to be discussed wherever the hp calculators are
discussed (I'm not entirely convinced that will be the case, but
we'll find out soon enough). If not, then it doesn't really
matter.
 
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zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean)
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