streeter@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Kenneth B Streeter) (05/24/91)
In article <1991May23.072358.25227@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz (mier@spva.physics.imperial.ac.uk) writes: >DISCUSSION - MY OPINIONS >My personal preference is for a comp.sources.rpl group which would >take the heaviest and largest postings off csh, while allowing general >chat on the hp48 and other hp handhelds to remain on csh. Personally, >I like csh as it is - it allows users of many different products to >exchange information and opinions. The idea of splitting off just "source" postings from comp.sys.handhelds doesn't do much to alleviate the problem that you address, namely that the HP48 traffic comprises 95+% of the traffic in c.s.h, making other traffic very difficult to follow. The reason for this is that although the source postings comprise a large percentage of the volume, they represent only a small number of the articles posted to c.s.h. The problem is that since a "sources" group would be moderated (which has loads of advantages, like tested programs, and a consistent posting format, and easy automated archival, etc), creation of the sources group does not take ANY of the "discussion" away from c.s.h, only the source postings. -- Kenneth B. Streeter | ARPA: streeter@im.lcs.mit.edu MIT LCS, Room NE43-350 | UUCP: ...!uunet!im.lcs.mit.edu!streeter 545 Technology Square | (617) 253-2614 (work) Cambridge, MA 02139 | (617) 225-2249 (home)