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From: conte@crest.crhc.uiuc.edu (Tom Conte)
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: RFD:  comp.sys.handhelds.hp48 and comp.sources.hp48 moderated
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Date: 8 May 91 15:28:36 GMT
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Ug, here we are again!

How about just breaking off a comp.sys.sources.handhelds [or whatever it was
called]?

You see, if the split isn't a clean, there will be a lot of cross-postings
between groups. People who used to post in comp.sys.handhelds will post
`important' messages to both comp.sys.handhelds.hp48 and comp.sys.handhelds.
Said people will then get flamed by those who don't want to see any hp
postings at all.  Me, I hate swerving around flame wars.

Finally, hey look: the traffic here just isn't all that bad.  Why do we need
a split at all?  The danger of causing cross-postings and giving birth to
net.self-appointed.police with net.justice flame-wars is just too great.  I've
seen it happen before.

Now, to see how bad things get, try reading comp.arch, guys: it's like sticking
your face in a fire hose.  Comp.sys.handhelds is pastoral.

Use the j key, use kill files, take vitamins and run 5 miles every day ;-).

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Tom Conte	  Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing
 conte@uiuc.edu   University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
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