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From: tomr@dbase.a-t.com (Tom Rombouts)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Database Mailing Lists
Keywords: mail database
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.214119.29137@dbase.a-t.com>
Date: 26 Jun 91 21:41:19 GMT
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In article <19621153@thinc.COM> ethan@thinc.COM (Ethan.Lish@THINC.COM) writes:
>
>Over the past six months comp.databases has withered away into a series 
>of private mailing lists devoted to database packages.  What brave soul will 
>call for the reorg of the group ?
>        
>                comp.databases.oracle
>                comp.databases.sybase
>                comp.databases.informix
>                comp.databases.progress
>                comp.databases.ingress
>                comp.databases.dbvista
>                comp.databases.xbase

I personally would favor something like this, but still think it would
be appropriate to maintain some sort of generic database(s) group for
debate of relational theory issues, OODBMS topics, calls for papers,
etc.

btw, when something like this came up about a year and a half ago,
(I think) someone posted the argument that anyone with specific
DOS DBMS questions could always post to comp.os.msdos.apps, and thus,
it was not necessary to sub-divide comp.databases  I don't really 
agree with this, but the point was made that there do not seem to be 
other news groups such as comp.spreadsheets.excel, etc.  On the
other hand, most DBMS vendors are striving to offer cross-platform
products, so maybe the "comp" grouping is appropriate.


Tom Rombouts  Torrance 'Tater  tomr@ashtate.A-T.com