peterd@opus.cs.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch) (12/21/89)
In article <17855@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU>, cattelan@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Russell Cattelan) writes: > > [ unrelated technical stuff ] > > P.S. Can we please get back to talking about the NeXT computer. > Maybe we should start a new group Alt.flame.NeXT_vs_Apple Well, I have set up my mailer to route the comp.sys.next news group directly to my mailbox, which worked fine in the early months of the machine. Unfortunately, as several people have pointed out recently, there has been an explosion of mail in this group, most of it either user questions or discussions on the relative merits of NeXT versus Mac (note I did _not_ say flames! :-). Although I appreciate that much of this is of interest to many people, I simply do _not_ have to time to wade through all this stuff looking for technical info on the NeXT. This is exactly why I stopped routing "sunspots" to my mbox, and now I find that I only occasionally get around to browsing through that group. I would like to avoid having to di this with comp.sys.next. As campus support and a real enthusiast for the NeXT I want to keep abreast of developments from the company, bug reports and fixes, new software news, etc. but I really don't have time to read all the discussions that are currently flooding in. I wouldn't dare to presume to ask the posters to restrain themselves (1/2 :-) so: [ asbestos suit on ] Perhaps we might consider forming a suitable subgroup or two. I would be happy with either comp.sys.next.d _or_ comp.sys.next.tech (or maybe both?). At the risk of starting another flaming discussion/war, anyone else wish to comment? If the first three postings flame me for taking up net bandwidth, would all others please post to me and I'll summarize... Of course, another alternative is that the Mac versus NeXt people take their discussion to another group :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) [ creeeeaaakkk. Is it safe to come out now? ] - peterd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +-------+ Peter Deutsch, -- where am I? -- | u # u | School of Computer Science, internet: peterd@cs.mcgill.ca |/\/\/\/| McGill University, bitnet: peterd@musocs | a a | 3480 University St. uucp:..!mit-eddie!musocs!peterd \ a / Montreal, Que, Canada, H3A 2A7 phone: (514) 398-6698 \_____/ fax: (514) 398-3883 "These are only my opinions, but I'm willing to share..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (12/23/89)
[asking for multiple groups] I second the motion. I too hate seeing the wars, but I want access to the information. I suppose we could start a NeXT.tech mailing list with a moderator that could ban people that absolutely insist on argueing their favorite computers. Michael Rutman SoftMed #include "standard disclaimer.h"
rogerj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Jagoda) (12/28/89)
In article <1808@opus.cs.mcgill.ca> peterd@opus.cs.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch) writes: > >Well, I have set up my mailer to route the comp.sys.next >news group directly to my mailbox, which worked fine in >the early months of the machine. Unfortunately, as several >people have pointed out recently, there has been an >explosion of mail in this group, most of it either >user questions or discussions on the relative merits of >NeXT versus Mac (note I did _not_ say flames! :-). > Peter, how did you do this? Why not post that little trick to the nets here so those of us who are ALSO bleeping tired of this debate can choose to route this group that way when (if) it ever gets back to discussing the NeXT technical issues and programming feats. > >As campus support and a real enthusiast for the NeXT I >want to keep abreast of developments from the company, bug >reports and fixes, new software news, etc. but I really >don't have time to read all the discussions that are >currently flooding in. I also am a NeXT Campus Rep. I rely on this net, and am VERY thankfulf or those who have helped in the past and who may continue to do so in the future, especially those from NeXT Inc. But really, I can only hope Ali and Avie aren't also passing over this group becuase of the unfortunate turn our musings have taken. Those who prefer the MAC will buy a MAC, those who prefer to look at something different and new may opt for NeXT...couldn't we just leave it at that? ...now where did I put my fire insurance policy... Roger Jagoda Cornell University FQOJ@CORNELLA.CIT.CORNELL.EDU