ganesh@rsch.WISC.EDU (M Ganesh) (09/29/86)
It appears to me that either net.nlang.india has undergone a metamorphosis (which means it is now called soc.culture.indian) or there are two forums now to discuss the same "kind" of issues. What is vexing is the fact that the changeover was abrupt and no mention of it was made in the good 'ol net.nlang.india. Being an avid reader of the (now rechristened ?? ) net, I was surprised that the frequency of the postings had decreased - the first posting on soc.culture.indian is dated sept. 15th, I think, which explains it - and came to know of this change from a friend of mine. Anyway all you guys, (I suppose there must be quite a few in the dark ) start reading SOC.CULTURE.INDIAN if you want to read, inter alia, the a) 359th posting of some concert info. b) info. about your friend whom you lost contact with (aaj se bees saal pahle - I suppose no Indian should need a translation of that!!) c) flames generated by this posting ?!!! In future, it will be appreciated if some knowledgeable person places an indirection pointer in the relevant place. Cheers -ganesh ************************************************ Arpa : ganesh@rsch.wisc.edu Tel : (608) 264-4271 ************************************************
badri@ur-valhalla.UUCP (Badri Lokanathan) (09/29/86)
In article <2765@rsch.WISC.EDU> ganesh@rsch.WISC.EDU (M Ganesh) writes: >It appears to me that either net.nlang.india has undergone a >metamorphosis (which means it is now called soc.culture.indian) >or there are two forums now to discuss the same "kind" of issues. >What is vexing is the fact that the changeover was abrupt and >no mention of it was made in the good 'ol net.nlang.india. > No, no! All net.* groups are being killed - this has been in the air for at least 3 months, except that the decision was not announced on every single newsgroup (why clutter up an already congested news system.) For more details read net.news.*. The general idea is that there exist several noise groups which systems don't want to carry (and I sincerely hope soc.culture.indian does not degenerate into one -) For example all discussion oriented groups now are classified into talk.* , all computer oriented groups into comp.* and all society oriented groups into soc.*. It will now be extremely easy for backbone sites (as well as local systems) to kill transmission of high volume groups. I hope this clarifies the situation - any flames or discussions can be directed to net.news.*. -- "We fight for the right to be free |X| ARPA: ur-valhalla!badri@rochester.arpa We build our own society |X| UUCP: {bullwinkle,cmcl2,columbia,cornell, We - we will sing |X| harvard,ll-xn,nike,seismo,topaz} We will sing our own song." -UB40 |X| !rochester!ur-valhalla!badri