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From: taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds,news.groups
Subject: Re: RFD: Comp.sys.handhelds split reworking
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Date: 20 May 91 12:22:17 GMT
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In article <7530@rex.cs.tulane.edu>, mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu (Jeff E
Mandel MD MS) writes:
|>2) The line of demarcation that people want to draw is between
|>orientation of
|>users. I would suggest that the solution could be:
|>
|>comp.sys.handhelds.programmers (for programming any machine)
|>comp.sys.handhelds.organizers  (for using any machine to keep notes,
|>phone #s)
|>
|>It is possible that an additional group would be useful:
|>
|>comp.sys.handhelds.connectivity (for connecting any machine to another
|>device)
|>

Over the past few days, I think what we've seen is a movement to support 

comp.sys.handhelds (calculators)
comp.sys.palmtops  (BOSS, OZ, HP95, etc.)

Now at this juncture, I can't see why it wouldn't suit you to also
support this. If you support it, then I believe you'll have consensus
which is required before you move to a call for vote.  (it's in the
guidelines -- ask the net.gods.)

This proposal has a lot of advantages -- the calculators stay together,
the mailing lists don't break, comp.sys.handhelds already exists, so
there's only a single name up for vote.  When split-the-group fever
first hit, the complaint was that the HP48 had to go because the only
other split that would relieve you was "comp.sys.handhelds.not-hp".  Now
an alternate proposal accomodates you without having to disaccomodate
the traditional c.s.h people.  Looks like a win-win to me.

If you think that organizers are not ".palmtops", you could probably add
a ".organizers" group and still carry, even though you're going to make
things more complex by having to vote several names (the binaries group
should be unopposed, but it still has to be voted.)


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                                     Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber, KC1TD

"Nerd" is so demeaning, I prefer "fashion-impared."