peter%ficc@uunet.UU.NET (Peter da Silva) (12/16/89)
There is a growing tendency for people with IBM-PC specific problems to post them to comp.lang.c, because the noise level in comp.sys.ibm.pc is too high for them to have any reasonable expectation of receiving any response. Occasionally they even get a response. But this has made me aware of the lamentable condition of comp.sys.ibm.pc... I think it's long past time for a ".tech" group for the IBM-PC. The need is great enough that alt.msdos.programmer has been created, but as an alt group it has restricted distribution, and many people just don't know about it. On January 9 I will call for votes on the group, to run through January 30. The name of the group is not fixed in concrete: there are likely to be people who think that ".tech" is inappropriate, and will suggest ".programmer" (like comp.sys.mac) or some other variant. I'm not married to any name, and I'll stay out of any such discussion. If there isn't a clear consensus before the call for votes I'll hold an STV poll on the name simultaneously. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. <peter@ficc.uu.net>. 'U` Also <peter@ficc.lonestar.org> or <peter@sugar.lonestar.org>. "Evil consists of treating a human being as a thing." -- Nick Haflinger.