Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!oliveb!amdahl!dwl10 From: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: comp.sys.amiga.questions Message-ID: <57b.02t179Uh01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> Date: 29 Dec 89 20:50:38 GMT References: <7049@nigel.udel.EDU> Reply-To: dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Houston TX Lines: 37 In article <7049@nigel.udel.EDU> C506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Eric Edwards) writes: >In Message-ID: <682@alias.UUCP> > Socrates >said: > >> Looking at the traffic distribution I would say that the best way to split >> up c.s.a would be to create either c.s.a.d for discussions about the Amiga, >> or c.s.a.questions to answer problems. > >The problem is that questions often generate discussions, hense there would be >a lot of cross posting. Perhaps a comp.sys.amiga.novices might be more >effective. This would limit the group to questions that could be answered >by one or two postings. > This would be a big mistake! Who would subscribe to a "novice" group? Novices, that's who. And who would answer their questions? Other novices? The same goes to groups about hard disks, printers, etc. The general ! | attitude would be "I don't have much time, and my hard drive works fine, so I won't subscribe to the hard drive group anymore..." You have now lost another expert (well, at least another opinion). | The same even goes for games. I know several "serious" programmers who own only one game "Sim City". Would they have found out about it if it was posted to a "games only" group? Probably not. So, my 2 cents, for what it's worth, says.... Keep it all in one group! You may have to wade through several articles you aren't interested in, but you may be suprised by finding something out you never would have found if it had been stuck out in some special interest group. Remember: there is always the 'k' key! -- "What is another word | Dave Lowrey | [The opinions expressed MAY be for 'Thesaurus'?" | Amdahl Corp. | those of the author and are not | Houston, Texas | necessarily those of his Steven Wright | amdahl!dwl10 | employer] (`nuff said!)