Re: Newsgroup

Jon Russell ([email protected])
Tue, 18 Apr 95 17:26:16 BST


>>[email protected] says...
>>I find this persuasive, except that I would like to suggest
>>comp.infosystems.vrml as an alternative for purely practical reasons: the
>>c.i.w.* newsgroups are a mess, with people crossposting "How do I use
>>Netscape" to all the groups. I don't want to drop VRML in the middle of
>>that.
>>
>>--Andy
>>[email protected]
>
>[email protected] (Carl R. Gilbert) writes ...
>
>Good point, Andy. You convinced me to change my vote
>from c.i.w.vrml to c.i.vrml. You're absolutely right about the
>mess in the .www branch. A new branch would be much
>cleaner.

Just because the current groups are misused doesn't warrant the VRML branch
being put in the wrong place in the hierarchy.

Perhaps those issues as ammunition for a moderated newsgroup.

c.i.www.vrml gets my vote !

Jon.
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