rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt) (01/23/89)
From article <8090009@hpsemc.HP.COM>, by gph@hpsemc.HP.COM (Paul Houtz): | From reading this group, you would think it's the only one that | exists for the IBM PC. | | My suggestion is that we split it into several groups: | | 1. comp.sys.ibmpc.turboc | 2. comp.sys.ibmpc.os2 | 3. comp.sys.ibmpc.turbopascal | 4. comp.sys.ibmpc.applications | 5. comp.sys.ibmpc.hardwarwe | 6. comp.sys.ibmpc.clones | | I don't know. Maybe these groups stink. Any other suggestions? I would take issue with comp.sys.ibmpc.turbopascal and possibly comp.sys.ibmpc.turboc. For one thing, let me remind you and the rest of you IBM Turbo Pascal people that there IS a CP/M based Turbo Pascal out there. Also, wouldn't comp.sys.ibmpc.turboc be covered by comp.lang.c; comp.sys.ibmpc.turbopascal, by comp.lang.pascal; and comp.sys.ibmpc.os2, by comp.os.os2 (is there such a bird?). Suggestions 4 through 6 sound good to me. -- david -- ======== David Douthitt :::: Madison, WI :::: The Stainless Steel Rat ======== FidoNet: 1:121/1 or 1:121/2 {decvax|att}! UseNet: ...{rutgers|ucbvax|harvard}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!rat ArpaNet: madnix!rat@cs.wisc.edu {uunet|ncoast}!marque!
regoli@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (michael regoli) (01/24/89)
In article <421@madnix.UUCP> rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt) writes: | From article <8090009@hpsemc.HP.COM>, by gph@hpsemc.HP.COM (Paul Houtz): | | | From reading this group, you would think it's the only one that | | exists for the IBM PC. | | | | My suggestion is that we split it into several groups: | | | | 1. comp.sys.ibmpc.turboc | | 2. comp.sys.ibmpc.os2 | | 3. comp.sys.ibmpc.turbopascal | | 4. comp.sys.ibmpc.applications | | 5. comp.sys.ibmpc.hardwarwe | | 6. comp.sys.ibmpc.clones | | | | I don't know. Maybe these groups stink. Any other suggestions? well, as has been mentioned, there are already language groups to cover the above topics: comp.lang.c and comp.lang.pascal. however, splitting this "ibm.pc" newsgroup into applications, hardware, and clones will do nothing but encourage cross-postings. (a prime example is rec.autos and rec.autos.tech: ninety percent of the postings to one group can be found in the other.) maybe the best way to go is "comp.sys.micro.software" and "comp.sys.micro.hardware." (note the deletion of the catch-all "ibm.pc.") *then* perhaps, "comp.sys.micro.hardware.ibm", "comp...hardware.clones", etc... this would involve quite a bit of work, though. think about the other "micro" groups: comp.sys.tandy, comp.sys.zenith.z100, etc. we could incorporate them into comp.sys.micro.tandy, comp.sys.micro.zenith. i'm probably way off base here but unless a *major* reorganization takes place within this group, we're just asking to be choked to death by a flood of cross-postings. -- | | michael regoli | ...rutgers!iuvax!silver!regoli | regoli@silver.bacs.indiana.edu |