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From: Patrick@ark.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Uniterm (Part 1 of 3) <really: net split-up>
Message-ID: <910@ark.cs.vu.nl>
Date: Fri, 13-Feb-87 06:21:08 EST
Article-I.D.: ark.910
Posted: Fri Feb 13 06:21:08 1987
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References: <8702091358.AA01482@ncsc.ARPA> <165@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: Patrick@cs.vu.nl (Patrick van Kleef)
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In article <165@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> braner@batcomputer.UUCP (braner) writes:
>We hear that comp.sys.atari.st is overflowing.  I.e., "they" measure by
>newsgroup traffic.  The obvious solution: split the newsgroup into two
>or three!  I suggest we have:
>
>	1)	A general ST discussion group
>	2)	A distribution method of PD ST executable programs
>	3)	A separate distribution of source code of programs
>
>2) and 3) can be Usenet newsgroups, but don't HAVE to be.  And perhaps 2)
>SHOULD be moderated, i.e. someone could make sure the copy is good before
>it is sent to everybody.  Also, the number of copies sent will be smaller,
>since many people reading this newsgroup are not interested in the source
>code, and some not even in the executables.
>
>- Moshe Braner

Good idea! Same structure as the Mac-users have. But how do we get this
'across'?

Is there a way of informing the people that are referred to
as "the powers that be"?

I don't think there could be any objection to this idea. It would make
the ST_section a lot more interesting!


Oo + oO
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