owen@euclid.enet.dec.com (Steve Owen) (07/06/90)
At school we had a conference called 'COMP.WARS' which basicly was the place where all should go to try to prove that their computer was better than the next guys. It was mostly a battle of home computers, so it was IBM vs AMIGA vs MAC, but anyone was invited. It was usually a pretty heated battle, but personal flames were against the rules. It was nice because it kept the flame wars out of the actual computer conferences (news groups), and it shed some light on each computer's capabilities, weakneses and strengths. What do you all think of having such a news group? Either comp.wars, or alt.comp.wars. As far as I know, there is no such conference now, and I think it would be fun and interesting to have one. Discussion? Pros/Cons etc... let's hear it! I think it would be a good idea to keep the discussion for this news group in NEWS.GROUPS where it belongs, but you can send your ideas to me at owen@euclid.enet.dec.com. PLEASE don't send me your opinions about yours or other computers, that's what the news group will be for, should it become a reality. _______________________________________________________________________________ Steve | owen@euclid.enet.dec.com (Jul-Dec) or sowen@lynx.northeastern.edu(Jan+) Owen | "Reasoning is Partly Insane, Image Just an Eyeless Game"-Neil Peart ==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- Bootleg collectors(U2,CuRE,REM,etc),send me mail! All normal disclaimers apply. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ked01@ccc.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) (07/06/90)
In article <13107@shlump.nac.dec.com>, owen@euclid.enet.dec.com (Steve Owen) writes: > > At school we had a conference called 'COMP.WARS' which basicly was the place > > What do you all think of having such a news group? Either comp.wars, or > alt.comp.wars. As far as I know, there is no such conference now, and I think > it would be fun and interesting to have one. I think it already exists. It's called alt.religion.computers. It does not stop the "wars" that typically are the result of crossposted questions, or worse crossposted opinions. Note: followups are directed to news.groups, which is where a discussion such as *this* belongs. It does NOT belong crossposted to all the comp.sys.* groups in sight! /kim -- UUCP: kim@uts.amdahl.com -OR- ked01@juts.ccc.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,uunet,oliveb,ames}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 BIX: kdevaughn GEnie: K.DEVAUGHN CIS: 76535,25