telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (07/22/89)
Bruce Klopfenstein has written me once again, in response to the negative messages in recent days regarding the establishment of sci.commtech as a Usenet group. He castigates Mr. Martin for his negative appraisal of the proposal, and again asks that TELECOM Digest readers vote yes for the establishment of this new group. Very well. I originally posted a message on this subject because the proposed establishment of sci.commtech has at least a peripheral connection to telecom and as a courtesy to the person attempting to start the group. I recommended a vote of yes (for establishment) because I didn't think it would drain away messages from here. I thought the difference would be negligible at best. Not every one of you agreed, and since my first obligation here is to post the views of TELECOM Digest participants, I printed a couple of rebuttal messages saying 'no' to sci.commtech. A counter rebuttal arrived, and since there was a possibility that the first message had been mis-understood, I posted the counter-rebuttal, hoping that would be the end of it. Then came the counter-counter rebuttals, etc. This discussion really belongs in news.groups, *not* comp.dcom.telecom!!!!! I am now holding in the queue another reply (as mentioned above) from the founder of sci.commtech. If anyone has anything further to say for or against sci.commtech, send me your messages. In a day or two, or three, after some have arrived, I will post them in a special, **one time only, unnumbered edition** of the Digest as a public service. This will then be sent as a special mailing to the list. Being without a number, you can toss it in the bit bucket if you like without screwing up the Digest numbering in your personal archives, etc. Or you can keep it, and, as they say, take it with you to the polls when you go to vote. Then let that be the end of the discussion, at least here. So -- come one, come all! Air your grievances about sci.commtech, or state your desire to see it. Included will be the letter I got today, plus whatever else you send on the subject....but be quick about it! No more will appear in the Digest once the special goes out around Tuesday or Wednesday next. Patrick Townson