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From: ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (Lee Dickey)
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.decus,net.lang.apl,net.math.symbolic
Subject: Re: The Great Net Cleanup Part IIa
Message-ID: <16117@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 08:47:48 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  9 08:47:48 1985
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I write in favor of net.lang.apl, net.math.symbolic, and certain other low
use groups.  There are several points to be made:

   (1)	One of the strengths of the net is the very existence of a large
	number of specialized groups.  The removal of specialized groups
	weakens the net, and forces those who DO watch these groups to
	wade through a lot of other material that is of not necessarily
	of interest to them.

   (2)	The maintenance cost of a group is small, expecially if the
	usage is small.

   (3)	Low usage does not necessarily mean low utility.