Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION -- comp.sys.ibm.pc.tech Message-ID: <7365@ficc.uu.net> Date: 19 Dec 89 19:05:22 GMT References: <8912150301.AA22354@uunet.uu.net> <27260.258db235@drunivac.uucp> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 23 In article <27260.258db235@drunivac.uucp> tlimonce@drunivac.uucp writes: > As someone that reads comp.sys.amiga and comp.sys.amiga.tech, I would > like to warn you that the ".tech" name is ambiguous enough to > encourage every user to crosspost every message, thereby making one > big super-group. Possibly. I read comp.sys.amiga.tech and have dropped comp.sys.amiga, and the noise level in my head from bogus postings has been reduced to an acceptable level. For me, the .tech group is working just fine. Not that I've any objection to whoever is calling for comp.sys.amiga .hardware. > I recommend ".programmer". I'll take it under advisement. PS: Don't \fBnroff\fR this message. :-> -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com