dmb@wam.umd.edu (David M. Baggett) (04/12/90)
Well, so far there are three votes for and two votes against the idea of splitting this newsgroup. The votes in favor seemed to be along the lines of "I'm really sick of reading these flame wars and financial statements" and the votes against were "there's not enough traffic". Obviously, if only five people care either way, it's unlikely we'll get 100 votes in favor of each new group. Would anyone be in favor of at least separating the technical stuff from the general stuff? Before, I was undecided about the whole thing, but now (having taken a peek into comp.sys.amiga.tech) I think a comp.sys.atari.tech group might be a good thing. I think there's enough traffic for it, and it would (I belieive) generate more technical discussion from those people who will read just that group and not comp.sys.atari.st (general). Just my opinion. Dave Baggett dmb@cscwam.umd.edu
ericco@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (Eric C. Olson) (04/12/90)
Instead of splitting up the group, how about adopting a keyword like "TECH:" in the subject line. Or perhaps in the Summary line. Or hey put it in the keyword line! The advantage of the subject line is the I know how to eliminate the non-TECH: articles. Perhaps there is a better way. Eric Eric ericco@ssl.berkeley.edu
dmb@wam.umd.edu (David M. Baggett) (04/12/90)
Eric C. Olson writes: > >Instead of splitting up the group, how about adopting a keyword >like "TECH:" in the subject line. Or perhaps in the Summary line. >Or hey put it in the keyword line! > >The advantage of the subject line is the I know how to eliminate >the non-TECH: articles. Perhaps there is a better way. > >Eric >ericco@ssl.berkeley.edu One of the main reasons for splitting up the group is so that the people who are interested in just tech discussions (and there seem to be quite a few) won't have to wade through the other stuff. If we just use a keyword, then 1) newcomers won't know about it 2) people will eventually forget and we'll be back to where we started. The way you would eliminate non-tech articles with the new group in place would be to not read comp.sys.atari.st (general), but only read comp.sys.atari.st.tech. Dave Baggett dmb@cscwam.umd.edu