Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!ljdickey 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 Article-I.D.: watmath.16117 Posted: Fri Aug 9 08:47:48 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Aug-85 02:44:55 EDT References: <696@gatech.CSNET> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.news.group:3391 net.decus:142 net.lang.apl:169 net.math.symbolic:81 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.