Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Call for discussion: Amiga Newsgroup Reorganization Message-ID: <9CXB.ZVF@ficc.uu.net> Date: 28 Dec 89 01:30:53 GMT References: <108.filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us> <565@sagpd1.UUCP> <114.filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us> <27751.2591a982@drunivac.uucp> <22710@ut-emx.UUCP> <878.25936d89@dayton.saic.com> <2625@draken.nada.kth.se> <2564@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 41 In article <2564@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US> swan@jolnet.UUCP (Joel Swan) writes: > I find this an impossible task seeing that we would then have c.s.a.tech AND > c.s.a.hardware. Which do you then post to? Depends. If you're designing a card, comp.sys.amiga.tech. If you just want to find the best hard drive for under $600, comp.sys.amiga.hardware. > I don't think we can divorce talk about c.s.a.hardware and > a re-naming or re-grouping of c.s.a.tech. I think we can. I see no reason to remove comp.sys.amiga.tech, and I think that comp.sys.amiga.hardware is a good idea. I, for one, would vote for comp.sys.amiga.hardware... but I'd vote against any attemp to rename comp.sys.amiga.tech. The latter move is both of dubious value and likely to cause a period of confusion. "tech" is not a synonym for "software". The last thing we need is a bunch of game reviews in the (renamed) .tech group. If you REALLY want to rename things, then you need at least four groups: comp.sys.amiga.software comp.sys.amiga.hardware comp.sys.amiga.programmer or comp.sys.amiga.software.tech or... comp.sys.amiga.designer or comp.sys.amiga.hardware.tech or... It might be possible to do without .designer, but you'll get all the folks working on things like LUCAS upset. You could also combine the latter two groups, but that's what we have now. > As for Peter's problem with MMU questions... I don't think the world is quite as cleanly defined as you think. Anyone working on a device driver is an automatic crosspost. So is anyone thinking of doing it. The Amiga isn't like UNIX, Macs, or PeeCees... stuff like device drivers are fairly easy, and there are quite a few out there. Go ahead with any new groups you want. But don't trash .tech without providing a *real* replacement. I'm interested in hardware and software alike, but I could care less about the latest spreadsheet or yet another SCSI vs ST506 debate. -- `-_-' 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