[news.groups] CALL FOR DISCUSSION: Proposed creation of alt.cd-rom

otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) (01/12/91)

I am calling for discussion re the creation of a newsgroup for discussions
of CD-ROM hardware, software and diskware (or whatever you call the round
things :-) plus info on vendors and prices.  Related issues, like networking
CD-ROM systems and legal issues could also be discussed.

The group would be called alt.cd-rom, with an option to move to comp. some
time in the future (if traffic/intrest makes this plausible), unmoderated.

If anyone has objections, speak out now or be silent forever.
(Followups to news.groups, I hope I haven't messed this up too badly...)
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rick@pavlov.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller) (01/13/91)

In article <OTTO.91Jan12125839@tukki.jyu.fi> otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes:
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>The group would be called alt.cd-rom, with an option to move to comp. some
>time in the future (if traffic/intrest makes this plausible), unmoderated.

Well, in this case, I think you could make a good case for comp.periphs.cd-rom.
With the increasing amount of material released on cd-rom and the fact that it
is discussed all over the place, it would be useful to have single point to
discuss general issues. I ould really like to see a charter developed and a
formal CFD issued to create the group.

[I really do not blindly oppose all new proposals even if I do live on a
workstation called pavlov.]

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