From: unixsys@ssg.com (Rick Emerson) Subject: RE: splitting comp.os.linux Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1992 15:15:09 GMT
"John Stump" <jstump@vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> I had some idle time on my hands, so I decided to keep a tally of the
> messages on comp.os.linux that I received overnight. I broke them up
> into what I thought were logical groupings. Obviously, on day's worth
> is not a great sample of data to work with, but I think it's representative
> of every day:
>
> humorous quips 3 (3.75%)
> splitting comp.os.linux discussion 8 (10%)
> pleas for help (non X-related) 15 (18.75%)
> answers to pleas (non X-related) 25 (31.25%)
> bug reports 1 (1.25%)
> announcements 3 (3.75%)
> X specific questions & answers 11 (13.75%)
> helpful information 2 (2.5%)
> discussions of various misc topics 8 (10%)
> general questions 4 (5%)
> --------------
> 80 (100%)
>
> I'm no statistician, but from these numbers I do not see any grouping that
> stands out from everyone, with the exception of XWindows related stuff--this,
> I believe, will continue to dwindle as the bugs are ironed out. I agree with
> Linus in that I do not really see the need for the split.
I'm convinced.
> An argument against splitting of a different flavor, however, is that since I
> receive the comp.os.linux articles digested over an IBM vnet backbone, I don'
> think that I can get any split news groups. And if I could, since I'm using
> VM/CMS, I don't have a fancy newsreader to handle crossposts.
>
> Food for thought
(Munch, munch) Great points! Er, how about describing another day or two's
content just to verify the basic ideas that seem to be in the table above.
Rick
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