From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxj!cbosgd!mark Newsgroups: net.news Title: Re: Unix Graphics group - (nf) Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2925 Posted: Sun Jan 2 18:24:49 1983 Received: Mon Jan 3 00:51:13 1983 Reply-To: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) References: sb6.113 There was some discussion about new product announcements a few months ago, and the general feeling in the net was that people wanted to see them. The important considerations seemed to be They should be easy to shut off (e.g. a separate newsgroup) They should not be repetitive (1 copy per product) They should be things of interest to the community (e.g. we'd like to hear about the new Framus 68K UNIX workstation, but not about Glade air freshener or OS/360 JCL enhancements). The suggested newsgroup at that time was net.ad (as in advertisement). That group died and I can't remember why - I think people preferred to see them in their appropriate subject newsgroup (net.jobs, net.wanted, net.micro, etc.) There hasn't really been any traffic like this. As for net.graphics, it's an obvious one. Assuming there's lots of interest and something to talk about, great. Mark Horton