rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (04/14/90)
From: meo@salestech.com (Miles O'Neal)
Hate to waste your time, but I'm wondering what happened that I missed
that has resulted in someone getting so far as running a discussion/vote
on splitting up comp.windows.x.
Is this purely because it's being split along lines not directly related
the software actually produced by the Consortium?
Hope you don't mind my quoting your private mail, Miles. The reason is
simple: we're tired of fighting it. That doesn't mean we plan to set
up multiple mailing lists on expo with gateways! What it means is that
if the usenet side wants to split up into umpteen newgroups, most of the
MIT Consortium staff will probably simply not read or respond to messages
posted to them, because it's too much trouble. If the split involves
subjects that we would normally be interested in and would normally be
the primary ones responding, well that will just give us more time to
concentrate on real work, won't it? Even in the case of "not directly
related" software like Motif and XView, there are often broader questions
being asked (if indirectly), and those would pass us by as well. We
currently make a considerable effort to read and respond to messages on
comp.windows.x/xpert, but there's a definite limit ...