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From: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Re: Requesting new newsgroup: NET.SOURCES.PC
Message-ID: <131@maynard.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 07:35:48 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 15 07:35:48 1985
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> The only logical breakdown of net.sources is along the lines of
> operating system. Ideally, the structure should look something like this:
>
> net.sources (posting of generic UNIX sources)
> net.sources.bsd (4.1, 4.2, 4.3 specific sources- non portable)
> net.sources.usg (Sys III, Sys V specific- non portable)
> net.sources.vms (Vax VMS specific)
> net.sources.mac (Macintosh)
> net.sources.cpm (CP/M software)
> net.sources.msdos (IBM-PC and MS-DOS software)
> . .
> . .
> . .
> net.sources.bugs (bug reports)
>
> Ideally, net.sources.games should be eliminated under this structure.
> Instead, game sources would be posted to the appropriate OS group.
> ...
> --
> Name: John Ruschmeyer
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I agree with this suggestion, except for the elimination of net.sources.games.
Having games in a separate newsgroup makes it easy to flush them from your
system and not to forward them. This is particularly useful since this
newsgroup sometimes has a lot of volume, and there are those who have no
interest in it.
My modification to the original suggestion would be to either keep
net.sources.games, or to add net.sources..games, so I can continue
to receive all sources EXCEPT games sources.
(P.S. - I'm not a heartless fascist system admin; my system is my own
personal (literally) computer (DEC Rainbow) and I haven't the disk
space for games.)
- Larry Campbell
The Boston Software Works, Inc., 120 Fulton St., Boston MA 02109
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