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From: rudd@calvin.stanford.edu (Kevin Rudd)
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Subject: Re: RFD comp.sys.handelds split
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Date: 22 May 91 02:09:10 GMT
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In article <378@s2.elec.uq.oz> sutton@s2.elec.uq.oz (Peter Sutton) writes:
>As a 28S owner who is interested in the HP48SX, I make the following
>suggestion:
>	comp.sys.calculators.hp48 - for HP48 (and 28?) postings
>	comp.sys.calculators - for other calculators (not that we hear
>			       much about others at present)
>	comp.sys.palmtops (or whatever) - for DOS machines (Portfolio,
>					  HP95LX, etc)
>    
>I think that it is important to make a split along the lines
>of calculators / DOS machines. I also think that the 48/28 should have
>a separate group - the number of postings about the 48 certainly warrants
>it.
>
>I don't think the 48 group should be taken too far away from other 
>calulators though. (I don't agree with a comp.sys.hp48 group.)
>
>What does every one else think?

One of the most non-inflammatory messages in this wasteful thread.

I agree 99%.  I see no compelling reason to change handhelds to calculators,
although it is not a big concern to me.  As far as keeping the status quo,
the concept of flat files went out with CP/M and DOS 1.xx (and never
existed conceptually with the Mac).  Lets make it go away here as well.

Except for those who pay on a per-list basis (and I am not sure what fraction
these comprise), the only people who would seem to be affected would be those
who want to look at everything anyway and don't wan't to manually subscribe
to more than one newsgroup.  Small inconvenience for the increase in personal
choice as to what messages are viewed.

Most of the newsgroups on the net seem to ascribe to the hierarchical principle
to minimize the conflicting traffic in any given newsgroup.  Lets fix this now
and avoid a third vote...

>
>Peter Sutton				sutton@s1.elec.uq.oz.au
>Department of Electrical Engineering
>The University of Queensland    Queensland    Australia    4072

 -- Kevin
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