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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
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Subject: Re: Splitting Up Comp.Sys.Amiga--A new idea
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Date: 20 Dec 89 22:25:01 GMT
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In <5699@orca.wv.tek.com>, whansen@vsgft1.WV.TEK.COM (Bill Hansen;;63-171;;vsgft1) writes:
>Actually I've always wanted comp.sys.amiga.a2000 comp.sys.amiga.a500 etc.
>While I'm sympathetic to 500 owners who have bad power supplies or such,
>I'd really rather not see a zillion postings about it. In the same light,
>do you 500 owners really care about the latest whiz bang card for the 2000?

Two things... it sort of leaves the 1000 owners out in the cold, and divides
the Amiga groups along completely unnatural lines. Since software for the two
machines is the same, and since there are many more similarities than
differences between the two, this split would be completely inappropriate.
Sure, a 500 owner might not be interested in 2000 peripherals, and vice versa,
but where do the common questions go?  Does a 500 owner that is having trouble
with RAD:  post to the 500 group?  Nope...  you may as well divide it based on
which room in the house the machine is kept.

-larry

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