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From: levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin)
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Subject: Re: Comp.Sys.Mac reorg -- 2/23/90 update
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Date: 23 Feb 90 21:49:57 GMT
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I like most of Chuq's proposals, with some variations, except I'd like
to change one thing.

In article <38902@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
|Proposal 3: Creation of comp.sys.mac.apps.misc.
|Proposal 4: renaming comp.sys.mac.hypercard to comp.sys.mac.apps.hypercard.
|Proposal 6: Creation of group comp.sys.mac.apps.games.
|Proposal 7: Creation of group comp.sys.mac.apps.comm.

I really dislike the number of hierarchical levels this is getting to be.
I would propose instead:

3. comp.sys.mac.apps        [for Chuq's c.s.m.apps.misc].
4. comp.sys.mac.hypercard   [as at present, i.e. don't change]
6. comp.sys.mac.games       [instead of c.s.m.apps.games]
7. comp.sys.mac.comm        [instead of c.s.m.apps.comm]

Possibly this is less neat than Chuq's proposed scheme, but I think it
could be just as easy to get lost in a tree that's too deep as one
that's too broad.  If you really need to have 'misc' in the name of a
group designed for miscellaneous apps, you could call it
   comp.sys.mac.misc-apps
or something like that.

Incidentally: I am not ready to vote for a separate games group, as
there isn't that much traffic.  I'd leave it int .apps (or
.misc-apps).

	/JBL
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