emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) (03/21/90)
This is my assessment of the top 10 newsgroups that don't exist yet and which should. This is not a call for votes. These are in the order I typed them which is not necessarily the order they should be created. 1. "novell" -- move bit.listserv.novell into the comp hierarchy. naming is perhaps tricky; I suspect that "comp.sys.novell" or "comp.dcom.sys.novell" might work out best. this could be done NOW if the bitnet gateway were to x-post stuff, though it would be a "moderated" group. there is an existing archive site already, this one *should* be easy to do under the "inet" rules. 2. "fractal" - mainstream sci or comp group for fractals. probably "sci.math.fractals" or "comp.graphics.fractals", the name is probably half the battle. Get to this one quick before someone goes and creates an alt group. 3. "SGML" ---- to discuss the Standard General Markup Language, an ISO standard. Discussed occasionally now in comp.text and comp.text.tex, I have a personal interest in getting this one going because of some work I'm doing in after-the-fact markup of netnews articles. probably "comp.text.sgml". 4. "xannounce" for announcements from the X Consortium. Pretty close to done, it'll come in under the "inet" rules as "comp.windows.x.xannounce". Gatewaying is all that's needed. 5. "xview" --- Split off the first of the widget-groups from comp.windows.x, this one for the XView toolkit. There's an archive server already, & xview talk has taken a lot of volume in xpert of late. "comp.windows.x.xview". 6. "ibm risc" For the new IBM RISC system, the rs/6000. problem here is mostly with the names; it's not clear how IBM is going to market this box when it eventually comes to market, since "RS" is Oz for "Rat Shit". (Not smart....) Suggest a quick alt group, to be removed when the real thing hits the shelves. 7. "bibliography" A central clearinghouse for bibliographic software, collections, converting on-line catalogs to bib records. Key words might be "bib", "refer", "tib", etc. Handled right now in a mediocre fashion by a few bit groups, but really quite scattered; there's also primitive or well-developed bibliographic work going on in a number of comp groups. Name to be determined, though "comp.bibliography" or "comp.text.bibliography" might work. (Almost all that's needed for this one is eugene@eos to read it.) To focus on the technology or the contents is a fair question. 8. "fax" ----- move the fax group, alt.fax, into comp. hard to name it here, I'd go for "comp.fax" (too easy) or "comp.dcom.fax". already there's an archive, readership is decent, but it might be nice to move it into the mainstream. 9. tcp-ip products comp.protocols.tcp-ip is way too heavy to read, and there's periodic spats about "commercial content". slice off a piece of it where vendor comments and product talk is specifically encouraged, and leave the main group to its original charter. needs a name, tentative "comp.protocols.tcp-ip.products". 10. elisp ----- a fair amount of emacs lisp gets slung around gnu.emacs / comp.emacs, but there's also how-to chatter there. suggest a moderated group to collect this stuff & handle coordination, archiving. "comp.sources.elisp" or "gnu.emacs.lisp" or something, the name isn't clear. probably within the charter of the GNU project and not a fun task. Comments welcomed. -- --Ed Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept. emv@math.lsa.umich.edu
dma@pcssc.UUCP (Dave Armbrust) (03/21/90)
There is also a need for a new group called comp.unix.sco. This would be a group for Xenix and Unix products from Santa Cruz Operations. This should be a separate group from what is currently comp.unix.xenix. There is more then one xenix operating system and SCO is moving away from xenix to a unix product. There are enought SCO systems out there that there is a real need for a separate group. This idea was suggested by myself under comp.unix.xenix and seemed to be received favourably by the group. I think this should be voted on at this time but I am not sure how to start the voting process. -------------------------------------------------------- Dave Armbrust | uunet!pcssc!dma PC Software Systems | Phone: (813)365-1162 2121 Cornell Street | Sarasota, FL 34237 |
lmm@cci632.UUCP (Lance Michel) (03/21/90)
In article <EMV.90Mar20161937@duby.math.lsa.umich.edu> emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes: > ...deletion /\ > >2. "fractal" - mainstream sci or comp group for fractals. probably > "sci.math.fractals" or "comp.graphics.fractals", the > name is probably half the battle. Get to this one > quick before someone goes and creates an alt group. > ...deletion \/ I agree. Under best conditions (plenty of support, interest, votes etc..) How long will it be before we see this group? ___________________________________________________________________________ | "Now I see my handy work on the block | Lance Michel | | everywhere I look... | lmm@cci632.UUCP | |______________________________________________D._Henley_|__________________| (Song stuck in my head at the moment)