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From: dswt@stl.stc.co.uk (Stewart Tansley)
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Subject: Re: Comp.Sys.Mac reorg -- 2/23/90 update
Summary: Agree with Tim
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Date: 7 Mar 90 10:27:46 GMT
References: <38902@apple.Apple.COM> <38904@apple.Apple.COM> <710@dino.cs.iastate.edu> <10522@hoptoad.uucp> <1628.25ee76c8@csc.anu.oz>
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In article <1628.25ee76c8@csc.anu.oz> pfr654@csc.anu.oz writes:
>In article <10522@hoptoad.uucp>, tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) writes:
>> Well, it appears that my argument is being ignored.  That's too bad.
>> I've made it twice before in my net career; both times it was ignored,
>> and both times, it turned out to be correct.
>
>(Stuff about the way that the proposed split will just degenerate, so that 
>we will have to check all of the new groups anyway.)
>
>> Tim Maroney, Mac Software Consultant, sun!hoptoad!tim, tim@toad.com
>
>Great point, Tim
>I had thought that the reorg was a good idea, but now think not.-- 
>Phil Ryan 

I agree with Tim's point too, and have come to agree like Phil - after thinking
that the proposed schema was nice, but not now. People in general will just
not follow it. It *WILL* be abused - mostly unintentionally, but it will be.
So what's the point? Nice schema, shame about human nature...

Stewart.

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