From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson) Subject: Re: Splitting the comp.os.linux group Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1992 06:28:31 GMT
In article <1992Jul13.170444.17853@athena.mit.edu> jstump@vnet.ibm.com writes:
><stuff deleted about splitting comp.os.linux>
>
>|> Is there anyone out there of the same opinion?
>
>| I think almost everyone is - There have been several postings to this
>| effect, with slight variations on the names of suggested groups, and I
>| have seen no dissenters. Any split would be an improvement - let's get
>| on with it. Who do we need to persuade to actually get the thing done?
>
>| Quentin
>
>Not so fast... I hate to add to this silly drivel, but I can't let this
>post go unanswered.
>
>I do remember some dissention the last time this was
>brought up, and I will add myself to the list of dissentors. I do NOT
>want to subscribe to all news groups, which will indeed happen because
>I don't want to miss anything important. Which means I will end up
>reading gobs of cross postings, etc. I believe there are others who feel
>the same.
>
>This subject came up often in comp.os.minix that made me very irrate.
>Perhaps we could have two groups: comp.os.linux and comp.os.lets.talk.
>about.splitting.the.group.linux!! Come on people, what's so hard about
>just skipping those articles you aren't interested in? Keep it simple
>please.
>
>john jack stump
I'm not going to say that one alternative is better than the other, but
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. The traffic in this newsgroup is horrendous,
and I'm having a rough time keeping up with 75-100 postings per day.
Especially when you see some conversations that should be switched to
email and THE SAME BORING FAQs TIME AFTER TIME.
-- Jim H. * * James L. Henrickson ujlh@sunyit.edu * "Yet another Jim in the Linux world." :-)