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From: al@gtx.com (0732)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Dividing comp.sys.att
Message-ID: <512@gtx.com>
Date: 7 Jan 88 14:23:38 GMT
References: <167@mcmi.UUCP> <6944@ncoast.UUCP> <1899@netsys.UUCP>
Reply-To: al@gtx.UUCP (Al Filipski)
Organization: GTX Corporation, Phoenix
Lines: 22
Keywords: Nice,but unlikely..

In article <6944@ncoast.UUCP> allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) writes:
 As quoted from <167@mcmi.UUCP> by denny@mcmi.UUCP (Dennis Page):
 +---------------
 | Isn't it about time that comp.sys.att spawned comp.sys.att.3b1?
 | The amount of 3b1 traffic makes it difficult for those only interested
 | in the larger machines, and I would guess that a lot of 3b1 owners aren't
 | really interested in the 3b2+ machines.
 +---------------
 
>The proper way to do it is to somehow get everyone with a 3b1 onto the 3b1
>"alternative newsgroup hierarchy":  unix-pc.all has been around for awhile
>now.

Why is this the proper alternative? Comp.sys.* already has established
distribution channels.  The alternate network is fine for dense clusters
of sites, e.g. Boston or the Bay area, but who is going to give our site 
(in Arizona) a unix-pc feed? How about a mailing-list interface?

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