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From: lingling@wam.umd.edu (Lisa Wolfisch)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.groupware,comp.multimedia,comp.realtime,comp.specifications,comp.object,news.groups
Subject: Re: Proposal for radical re-organization of these news groups.
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Date: 12 Apr 91 00:44:39 GMT
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In article <1991Apr11.170634.14666@telecdn.uucp> alex@telecdn.uucp (Alex Laney) writes:
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>I would like to put forth the proposal to rename the following newsgroups to
>reflect this:
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>comp.multimedia --> comp.software-eng.multimedia

I think this is a bad idea.  WHile many readers may be into sware-engineering,
others like my self, are not.  Personally, I would not have subscribed since
I would have not glanced at newsgroups starting with comp.software-engineering.

While this is unimportant for those current subscribers, new subscribers may
be confused as to the content of the news group.

There are many of us University folk, who are interested in multimedia
as a classroom tool, but do not want to get bogged down in *too* many
engineering discussions which may occur.

My $0.02 worth.

-- 
Lisa Wolfisch         "Life is too short to wear ugly underwear."
Laboratory for Computer Mapping and Spatial Analysis, UMCP
lingling@wor.umd.edu
Just remember, geographers do it in places unknown to the general public.