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From: jwhitnel@csi.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell)
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: support for COMP.SYS.MAC2 and opposition to COMP.UNIX.AUX
Message-ID: <1429@csib.csi.UUCP>
Date: 25 Feb 88 19:56:59 GMT
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Reply-To: jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell)
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In article <2465@utastro.UUCP> werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) writes:
>1) do we need to split off a group dedicated to the Mac2 from comp.sys.mac?
>	yes, because the machine is significantly different from the Mac and
>	the number of articles addressing topics of exclusive interest to
>	Mac2-users has reached a very high level.

The Mac II is not significantly different from the Mac Plus in that it runs
all the same software that the Plus and SE runs.  This assumes you are
running the Mac OS and not A/UX.  The only differences are the color
quickdraw and the obvious hardware differences.  Of course, there is
lots of interest in Mac Plus/SE specific hardware as well, so the
above arguments apply for forming a comp.sys.mac.classic group as well.
Which would leave comp.sys.mac for the common traffic that applies to both
machines.

>4) what's wrong with a group named COMP.UNIX.AUX?
>	the way I understand it, the group-naming hierarchy represents a
>	a logical way of subdividing topics of common interest. Now, it is
>	my perception that A/UX is mostly of interest to MAC2 users and
>	should therefore be discussed in a group created for the MAC2 or
>	a sub-group thereof;  On the other hand, it is likely that there
>	is not very much interest in A/UX by the traditional reader of
>	UNIX-groups, unless s/he is a (prospective) MAC2-user, of course.

I don't agree with the above at all.  As a Mac II owner, I have no interest
in A/UX.  I also think there are alot of other Mac II owner's that bought
their Mac II as a fast Macintosh with color, not as a platform to run A/UX.
As Macintosh owners, we are all interested in Mac software and issues.  People
who buy A/UX are interest in UNIX (TM) primarily and not so much in the
hardware base it runs on.  Hence the issues that concern them are UNIX issues.
The only common interest the Mac II owners have with those running UNIX is
the hardware it runs on and that is a relativly small percentage of the
messages on the Mac II.

So in summery, vote yes for comp.unix.aux and no for comp.sys.mac2.  

Note that I overrode your followup to post my counter-arguments.  Followups
also to news.groups.

>-- 
>werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu  or  werner%rascal@im4u.utexas.edu   (prefered)


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