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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Splitting hairs in (was RE: Splitting Comp.Sys.Mac again)
Message-ID: <38443@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 8 Feb 90 05:50:31 GMT
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dks@shumv1.uucp (D. K. Smith) writes:

>In article <38423@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:

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

We get a lot of soliciting anyway. I don't think it's as much a matter of
soliciting as dealing with a reality. A place for "I want a rpogram that
does" or "I didn't get part 3 of..." or whatever. You're not going to make
it go away, I doubt you'll encourage more of it by segmenting it out, either.

People looking for things or information, in fact, is arguably one of the
more important things the net does.

>	c.s.m.user	This general topic group replaces c.s.m.

I think the group would be ambiguous. I don't think it's obvious what is and
isn't a user question (especially as compared to .software below, for
instance. The end result would be a group with a high percentage of
cross-postings, which isn't good).

>	c.s.m.software	After all, isn't this what makes the Mac, a Mac!

unlike .hardware, I find .software ambiguous as well -- there are so many
pieces it entails that it might encourage cross-posting as well. I think
.app is better simply because it covers a pretty broad but specific area.

-- 

Chuq Von Rospach   <+>   chuq@apple.com   <+>   [This is myself speaking]

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