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From: dks@shumv1.uucp (D. K. Smith)
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Subject: Splitting hairs in (was RE: Splitting Comp.Sys.Mac again)
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Date: 7 Feb 90 23:58:21 GMT
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In article <38423@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:

>something on the order of:
>
>	comp.sys.mac.help
>	comp.sys.mac.wanted
>	comp.sys.mac.d (comp.sys.mac.flame? c.s.m.editorials?)
>
Sounds good!

>What we need to look
>for is something that's easy for beginners to understand and will be mostly
>used by most people most of the time.

Yes, I agree...

My two sense for the split is as follows:

	c.s.m.wanted	We do not want to encourage soliciting

	c.s.m.user	This general topic group replaces c.s.m.
			Here we can initiate most any discussion.
			However it would be encouraged that those 
			topics specifically related to "wanted", 
			"programming", "hardware", or "software"
			not be posted here.  You may think this leaves
			nothing... maybe not.  There are many general
			questions that are asked that do not produce
			discussion threads.  If the probability of 
			a thread does exist then the disussion could be
			moved to the approriate group.  In the case of 
			discussions like "Apple in the 90's" or the 
			"GUI Wars" and other religious banterings...
			they would be at home in this group since those
			discussions could be of interest to all Mac
			users.  Help requests could be serviced here as
			well.  

	c.s.m.software	After all, isn't this what makes the Mac, a Mac!
			Single posts on applications or threads of
			disussions on the best DA's, utilities, etc 
			could go on here.  I thought about calling this 
			group "app" however it is to confining.  
			"Software" captures the essence of what most 
			folks consider the 'stuff' that runs on their Macs.
			Not everyone on the net is a programmer, etc.

	c.s.m.hardware
	c.s.m.programmer

			These would keep their original charter.



Well what do youse guys (females, as well as, males) thinks?!?


One big issue is to encourage the Mac community to refrain from
cross-posting in the comp.sys.mac newsfroups.  It really is
unnecessary.  Most MacEvagelists read all the groups... 
(I would assume)  I would hate to miss something!


dk smith
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