robertd@ncoast.UUCP (09/17/87)
I am proposing that a news group
called "alt.sysops" and "alt.bbstalk"
be created to talk about bbs software, ideas, etc. I would appreciate input.
I relize this is a smaller alt.ernative audiance, but I think as this
grows and even now, bbs talk is important and can be interesting.
[> Rd
(PS: I will either have .sysops and .bbstalk put on alt. OR talk. Not both - I
want to know if the alt news groups are interested. If they are, I sugest these
unmoderated news groups be set up.)
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Sysop: NEODG (login "sbbs")rsweeney@dasys1.UUCP (09/22/87)
In article <4533@ncoast.UUCP> robertd@ncoast.UUCP (Rob DeMarco) writes: > > I am proposing that a news group >called "alt.sysops" and "alt.bbstalk" >be set up I believe I referenced this topic when the issue of the 'talk' groups of the same names was raised recently, but here I go again: as administrator of the 'mail.sysops' network mailing list, I believe that the need for a newsgroup doesn't yet exist. 'mail.sysops' currently has 47 subscribers, and processes approx. 1-2 messages per MONTH. Perhaps the list needs new blood; I don't know, but it seems to me that there just aren't all that many people on the USENET interested in BBS operations. 'mail.sysops' is small, and I think that our mail system could handle a lot more subscribers before it begins to founder. I suggest that people interested in BBS topics subscribe to the list. In the future, if traffic warrants it, perhaps a newsgroup should be created. (although if the altnet decides to create the groups anyway, I'll do something like set up a gateway between the list and the newsgroups for list subscribers without altnet access.) /RS -- Robert Sweeney {sun!hoptoad,cmcl2!phri}!dasys1!rsweeney Big Electric Cat Public Access Unix (212) 879-9031 - System Operator "You crossed my line of death!"
allbery@ncoast.UUCP (09/23/87)
As quoted from <1354@dasys1.UUCP> by rsweeney@dasys1.UUCP (Robert Sweeney): +--------------- | In article <4533@ncoast.UUCP> robertd@ncoast.UUCP (Rob DeMarco) writes: | > | > I am proposing that a news group | >called "alt.sysops" and "alt.bbstalk" | >be set up | | I believe I referenced this topic when the issue of the 'talk' groups | of the same names was raised recently, but here I go again: as | administrator of the 'mail.sysops' network mailing list, I believe | that the need for a newsgroup doesn't yet exist. 'mail.sysops' currently | has 47 subscribers, and processes approx. 1-2 messages per MONTH. Perhaps | the list needs new blood; I don't know, but it seems to me that there | just aren't all that many people on the USENET interested in BBS operations. +--------------- Agreed. The UNaXcess Conferencing mailing list got zero volume even when the addresses were valid (most outgoing ones are shot, I'm building a new list from scratch now). I suspect that the majority of Usenetters interested in the BBS world get their "fixes" from their local Fido nodes. I know I do. Maybe when Fido and Usenet are fully gatewayed, there will be sufficient interest for a newsgroup. (A bidirectional comp.org.fidonet?) -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc {{harvard,mit-eddie}!necntc,well!hoptoad,sun!mandrill!hal}!ncoast!allbery ARPA: necntc!ncoast!allbery@harvard.harvard.edu Fido: 157/502 MCI: BALLBERY <<ncoast Public Access UNIX: +1 216 781 6201 24hrs. 300/1200/2400 baud>> "Mummy, what's an opinion?"
rab@well.UUCP (09/23/87)
Here's my vote in favor of both suggested new alt. groups!
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\-------------------------------------^-------------------------------------/davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP (09/23/87)
In article <4533@ncoast.UUCP> robertd@ncoast.UUCP (Rob DeMarco) writes: | | I am proposing that a news group |called "alt.sysops" and "alt.bbstalk" |be created to talk about bbs software, ideas, etc. I would appreciate input. [ Sounds like a good idea to me. I know there are a lot of sysops on the net, and this is a good way to share information. ] -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
guest@vu-vlsi.UUCP (10/04/87)
I think that these newsgroups are a good idea, so I submit a YEA vote.
YEA NAY
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I think that these newsgroups are a good idea, so I submit a YEA vote.
YEA NAY
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