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From: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Suggestion- split sources/binaries along programmer/user lines
Message-ID: <275@octopus.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jul 88 14:57:16 GMT
Reply-To: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
Organization: Octopus Enterprises, Cupertino CA
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Since some (many? most?) administrators are unable to carry the entire
traffic load of the net, and probably won't even if we regionalize the
discussion groups, I'd like to make a suggestion that will help sift the
wheat from the chaff:

One useful way to categorize program postings is along 'useful as programmer
or administration tools' vs. 'useful for endusers, or as examples for
programmers'.

Category I programs are presumably things that technical net-readers would/
could use as part of their professional work. Anything placed in a category
I group should be something that enhances the image of UseNet as a useful
business tool, an asset to any computer-oriented company's business [or
alternately, postings should at least not detract from that image].

Category II programs are things that are educational, fun, of use to
end-users (non-programmer/administrators), etc. Games would automatically
go in this category, of course. All source code is potentially useful as
an educational tool for a programmer, and any runnable program at all,
binary *or* source, is potentially useful as an education in user interface...
but that leaves us with no distinction. If it doesn't fit in Category I,
it goes in category II.

The decision on which programs go in which category would be left in the
capable hands of the esteemed moderators.

I leave the naming mess as an exercise for the net, although perhaps
a straw-person would help:

comp.techsrc.*		Source code postings of immediate use to technical
					people.
comp.othersrc.*		Other source code postings.
comp.techbin.*		Binary postings of immediate use to technical
					people.
comp.otherbin.*		Other binary postings.

Note that I said 'postings', not 'programs'. This allows space for things
such as binary bitmap postings in the future :-) :-)! [If you seriously
want to discuss this tangent, change the subject line, please!]

Pete
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