rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) (12/15/88)
In article <272@ssbn.WLK.COM>, bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy) writes: > >Why not create a private 6386 newsgroup similar to the unix-pc one? > > > >Dave Berk > > That's an interesting idea. Interesting because each time that I have polled > the 63xx mailing list about becomeing a newsgroup it has been soundly defeated, > most recently by 60-2. I'm not sure why they are so adamant about it but I > have quit asking. I think the objection comes in part from fear of losing the currently wonderful signal-to-noise ratio. I'd like to suggest that perhaps it would be a useful service to digest the articles and post a weekly digest for each list or them all together. The folks who run the AT&T 3Bx (not 3B1, but all the rest) list started doing so and that has been helpful to folks who get news but don't have good mail connections. rja@edison.ge.com / ...uunet!virginia!edison!rja
bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy) (12/17/88)
References: <784@m10ux.UUCP> <Dec.8.17.25.54.1988.3915@paul.rutgers.edu> <1749@edison.GE.COM> In article <1749@edison.GE.COM>, rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) writes: > In article <272@ssbn.WLK.COM>, bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy) writes: [ deleting Dave Berk's suggestion for a newsgroup and my comment that the 63xx mailing list people don't want one ] > I think the objection comes in part from fear of losing the currently > wonderful signal-to-noise ratio. He's quite right, the S/N is very good and I'd love to take credit for it but I can't. The questions and contributions are exceptionally well done, all I do is pack 'em up and send 'em on. I do deflect some often asked questions and I deflect discussions away from people who don't want to hear them (e.g. DOS oriented people don't have to read about UNIX) but the credit goes to the membership. One reason that has been expressed from time to time is the inability of some to get usenet at all. > I'd like to suggest that perhaps it > would be a useful service to digest the articles and post a weekly > digest for each list or them all together. That's a good suggestion and that's why I'm taking netwidth to follow it up. I learned this morning that there *IS* a 6386 mailing list. BITNET people should send mail to LISTSERV@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU and include a line that says SUBSCRIBE ATT386-L <your full name>. The coordinator is David Lyle, uiucuxc!uxg.cso.uiuc.edu!ifnxdml. I have written him so that we can coordinate the two or maybe consolidate somehow but mostly avoid overlap and duplication. There are about twenty new people on the 63xx list this week, we appreciate the response. > The folks who run the > AT&T 3Bx (not 3B1, but all the rest) list started doing so and that > has been helpful to folks who get news but don't have good mail > connections. > > rja@edison.ge.com / ...uunet!virginia!edison!rja I think that this is probably a good thing. There are two chores that need to be done. Someone would have to propose the group and conduct the discussion and vote. Note the followup to news.groups. I will be more than glad to collect the material that comes into and goes out of the list I coordinate and I'm sure that David would too. Someone would have to digestify and post it (I've got my hands full with what I have). I think it's appropriate to make the suggestion here and then move the results to news.groups to see if it should go farther. I think that something like the IBM PC digest or comp.risks would be very useful and would reach more people than we do with the mailing lists. -- Bill Kennedy usenet {killer,att,cs.utexas.edu,sun!daver}!ssbn!bill internet bill@ssbn.WLK.COM