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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuqui Q. Koala)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Divisions of net.unix*
Message-ID: <2151@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 15:27:40 EST
Article-I.D.: nsc.2151
Posted: Fri Jan  4 15:27:40 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Jan-85 00:13:09 EST
References: <823@amdahl.UUCP> <190@masscomp.UUCP>
Reply-To: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuqui Q. Koala)
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Summary: 


 
>In article <823@amdahl.UUCP> (Gordon A. Moffett) proposes
>>spliting it into smaller, more
>>sensible pieces by creating new subgroups of net.unix.

sigh.

There is a BIG problem with splitting net.unix*, something people seem to
be forgetting.

It is called the ARPAnet. A good percentage of the volume of
net.unix-wizards and net.unix comes off of the arpanet, and the arpanet
gets everything funneled back up to it. Unless you can talk the arpanet
people into splitting their end as well, you are creating a BIG logistical
problem. If you post something to net.unix.wizards.games.zork.hints, it is
easy to simply ship that to INFO-UNIX-WIZARDS on the net, but how does
something come back? and where? Unless you can get someone like Mark Shaney
to read each message and move it into the appropriate group, about half of
the messages will still show up in unix-wizards when they come off of ARPA,
and a lot of responses will get lost because of the group shift.

Besides, it is simply silly. net.unix is underutilized because people
insist on posting everything to unix-wizards. net.unix-wizards is
mis-utilized because people start nitpicking and get off the subject too
easily. Perhaps what we ought to do is say that technical discussions
belong in net.unix-wizards and when they digress into political, personal,
or religious (like VMS) discussions they move to net.unix. 

chuq

-- 
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