Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!atha!aupair.cs.athabascau.ca!kevinc From: kevinc@cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker) Newsgroups: comp.multimedia Subject: Re: Proposal for radical re-organization of these news groups. Message-ID: Date: 17 Apr 91 16:13:19 GMT References: <1991Apr11.170634.14666@telecdn.uucp> <1991Apr12.004439.22457@wam.umd.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Athabasca University Lines: 30 lingling@wam.umd.edu (Lisa Wolfisch) writes: >In article <1991Apr11.170634.14666@telecdn.uucp> alex@telecdn.uucp (Alex Laney) writes: >> >>I would like to put forth the proposal to rename the following newsgroups to >>reflect this: >> >>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. I agree. I think that comp.software-eng.multimedia is poor. This group is to talk about multimedia as a whole. I personally am not interested in doing any kind of software engineering. I'd much rather have some computer guru develop the programs. I just want software that I can plug and play. :-) It sure would be nice if we had a productivity tool that would allow me to design a multimedia presentation for my discipline without having to learn about programming. I'm pretty good at clicking buttons and ticking boxes and selecting from lists. :-) I'm sorry, it's been a bad few months and i'm a bit crazy!!!! Kevin -- Kevin "auric" Crocker Athabasca University UUCP: ...!{alberta,ncc}!atha!kevinc Inet: kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA