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From: lowey@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: Quarterdesk participation in Fido DV echo (was Re: DESQview/X)
Message-ID: <1991May8.222640.11129@herald.usask.ca>
Date: 8 May 91 22:26:40 GMT
References: <1991May08.171837.1549@xenitec.on.ca>
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
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From article <1991May08.171837.1549@xenitec.on.ca>, by geoffw@xenitec.on.ca (Geoffrey Welsh):

>    There are many sites which could gate the DESQVIEW echo to
> comp.os.msdos.desqview but, frankly, I don't think you'd like it.
> For one thing, volume here seems to be on the order of 20 messages
> per day; on Fido, it's more like 120.
> 
>    If the readership at large would still like to see the gateway
> installed, let me know.  On the other hand, I could probably
> speak to the agent participating in the Fido echo about setting up
> a Usenet feed for direct participation... but I don't know if he'll
> be able to get a local feed easily.

Just a word of warning.  A few years ago I proposed a similar thing in the
OS/2 echo.  I contacted the creator of the Fidonet OS/2 echomail area and
got his approval.  I tried to find the originator of comp.sys.os2, but no
one responded.  I then had a one month long vote in both newsgroups to see
what the readership thought.  Both sides said go for it.

I started it up, and said I would run it for one month.  At that time we could
have another vote to decide whether to keep it or not.

Less than a week later, I was blasted by someone who said he was the person
who created the OS/2 newsgroup, and he wanted the gating stopped ... NOW.


I suggest everyone drop the idea of combining the two groups together into
one.  Instead, create a new newsgroup,  perhaps FIDO.DESQVIEW or ALT.DESQVIEW
which is outside of Usenet control, and run the two conferences in parallel.

- Kevin Lowey