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From: ggw@wolves.uucp (Gregory G. Woodbury)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Call For Discussion: comp.sys.mac reorganization
Message-ID: <1990Feb24.070105.19739@wolves.uucp>
Date: 24 Feb 90 07:01:05 GMT
References: <38768@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: ggw@wolves.UUCP (Gregory G. Woodbury)
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In article <38768@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@apple.com (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>
>This is an official call for discussions on reorganizing the
>comp.sys.mac hierarchy.
>
	[at the end of the whole thing, Chuq writes]

>That's it. Five proposals, two renamed groups and three creations (two of
>which should be considered roots for sub-hierarchies that can be created as
>needed).

>Proposal 1: rename comp.sys.mac to comp.sys.mac.misc....
>            This will bring c.s.m into the same standardized naming...
   Hmmm.... what standardized naming scheme?
   Not that I disagree with c.s.m.misc, but what other groups really
   adhere to any sort of standard?

>Proposal 2: Creation of comp.sys.mac.os.
>            This will be for discussion of Macintosh system software
>            the system, finder, multifinder, CDEVs, INITs
    This is (I presume) one of the groups that can be further sub-divided
    as necessary to provide less density and finer control.  It wasn't
    identified as such explicilty, but I feel that this should be clearer.

>Proposal 3: Creation of comp.sys.mac.appl.
    Not a bad bit of creative naming.

>Proposal 4: renaming comp.sys.mac.hypercard to comp.sys.mac.appl.hypercard.
    Here I have a problem.  HyperCard is only technically an application.
    It really more like an alternative to most of the mac os stuff.
    It doesn't belong in the os area, but then again, it really is too
    much to be lumped in just one area.

    I'd rather see it remain in its own area where it can be sub-split if
    it gets really hairy.  Besides, it should be comp.sys.mac.hc.* ;-)

>Proposal 5: creation of comp.sys.mac.wanted.
    No problem.

    Another presumption: comp.sys.mac.programmer remains in places, as do
    c.s.mac.hardware and c.s.m.digest?
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