Re: Newsgroup
Brian Behlendorf ([email protected])
Tue, 18 Apr 1995 09:49:27 -0800 (PST)
On Tue, 18 Apr 1995, Carl R. Gilbert wrote:
> [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]
>
> 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.
I'll say it one last time - VRML is a language, not an "infosystem".
"Gopher" is an infosystem, "WWW" is an infosystem, HTML is not, VRML is
not. They are network-aware languages. If an HTML newsgroup were to be
created it would probably be comp.text.html or comp.doc.html. When
people talk about Inventor, or DXF, or any other 3-d language, they go to
comp.graphics.
Anyways, it's up to the majority.
Brian