Re: Newsgroup
Sam Hunting ([email protected])
Tue, 18 Apr 1995 12:56:58 +0059 (EDT)
> >>[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.
> >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.
>
Please note that one reason for the "mess" is that is Netscape polluted
HTML data with non-standard, proprietary tags designed to sell their
browsers, rather than to empower users to own their data. Since Netscape
is non-standard, no wonder the branch is not clean.
Therefore, let us hope that the VRML community can learn from that mess,
and avoid fouling its own nest. "Those who do not learn from the past are
condemned to repeat it."
That said, my vote is for c.i.vrml.