Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!apollo!dcm From: dcm@apollo.uucp (Dave McCracken) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,news.groups Subject: Re: comp.std.internat is moribund Message-ID: <31f7e874.1769@apollo.uucp> Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 08:22:55 EST Article-I.D.: apollo.31f7e874.1769 Posted: Thu Dec 18 08:22:55 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 22:56:02 EST References: <7421@utzoo.UUCP> Reply-To: dcm@apollo.UUCP (Dave McCracken) Followup-To: news.groups Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA Lines: 19 Xref: mnetor comp.std.internat:60 news.groups:82 In article <7421@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes: >I move we kill comp.std.internat. Since the renaming, its entire content >has been cross-posted; the handful of non-cross-posted articles are all >spinoffs from cross-posted discussions. Essentially all the cross-posted >material seems to me to be more appropriate for the other groups it is >posted to. Comp.std.internat, however noble its original intent and early >history, is now basically content-free. While I recognize the need to clear totally obsolete groups form the net, I think it is entirely premature to advocate the demise of comp.std.internat. I have seen several worthwhile discussions in this group since it (or net.internat) was created last year. The topics it is attempting to address are something all of us in the commercial software business should be aware of. Many groups have periods where they are essentially idle, or only get spillover from other groups. That does not necessarily mean they will never be useful again. If we delete this group now there will be no forum for the (projected) future discussions we may all be interested in. Dave McCracken