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From: swan@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Joel Swan)
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Subject: Re: Call for discussion: Amiga Newsgroup Reorganization
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Date: 25 Dec 89 05:45:24 GMT
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In article <878.25936d89@dayton.saic.com> fac2@dayton.saic.com (Earle Ake) writes:
:In article <22710@ut-emx.UUCP>, jonabbey@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Jonathan Abbey) writes:
:> In article <27751.2591a982@drunivac.uucp> tlimonce@drunivac.uucp writes:
:> 
:>>comp.sys.amiga -- Misc stuff, games, software reviews, gripes, etc..
:> 
:>>comp.sys.amiga.arts -- Visual, audio, etc.  i.e. no games :-)
:> 
:>>comp.sys.amiga.hardware -- Hardware reviews, config, installing, 
:>>problems, and development
:> 
:>>comp.sys.amiga.programmer -- I was going to say "software" but that 
:>>could be reviews, etc.  That's for comp.sys.amiga.  This would be 
:>>technical programming conversations.
:>
:> I say put lets officially put out a call for discussion of splitting
:> c.s.a.t into .hardware and .programmer groups.
:
:I like the above split to the four groups as well.  Something with the word 
:'tech' in it doesn't really mean much as most of us are technical people.  
:Does this mean that everything I post goes there?  I am in favor of the 
:.hardware, the .programmer, and the .arts categories.  When we call for a 
:vote, let's also include the .arts creation as well.
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I like the Hardware-programmer split very much.  It would pretty much
create a clean break that can be chosen with confidence, not wondering
if "tech" means hardware, or technical questions about software.
I would say no to the "arts" sub-catagory.  I think comp.sys.amiga could
easily contain the remainder of the postings and not get to unmanageable.
It could be a catch all for questions, arts, games, etc. and still make up
about 1/3 of the postings.

I would like to see
comp.sys.amiga
comp.sys.amiga.hardware
comp.sys.amiga.prog

(I think programming is better than "software" because software is broad a
scope)

Joel