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From: kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman)
Subject: Re: RFD comp.sys.handelds split
Message-ID: <1991May22.032223.27895@eecs.nwu.edu>
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
References: <7601@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 May 1991 03:22:23 GMT

I posted on this earlier, but it seems to have gotten eaten without being sent.

In article <7601@rex.cs.tulane.edu> mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu writes:
>If there is one issue which seems not to have generated controversy, it is the
>idea of a moderated comp.sources.hp48 group. Unless someone wishes to voice an
>objection to that, I plan to proceed with the CFV on that next week, as I
>believe it will succeed in short order.

I don't like this idea for two reasons:

I don't think we need two hp48 specific groups. I really don't think that there
is anyone out there who would read c.sources.hp48 and not c.sys.hp48 (or
calculators or whatever).  So having more then one group would cause all the
disadvantages of two groups (multiple mailing lists, mulitple archives, cross
posts etc) without any of the advantages of two groups (automatic pruning for
people who are not interested in both).

Even if the group is created, I would not like to see if moderated.  I have
been reading c.s.h for over a year, and except for a few requests for asc, and
a few requests to be unsubscribed, there haven't been any posts that I would 
have wanted someone else to discard for me.

I urge everyone who is against this to speak up, so we can quash this evil
satan-inspired (Just kidding Jeff) idea in the bud.

Michael


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