From: lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall) Subject: Re: Any interest in alt.os.cygwin32? 2 Aug 1998 19:30:21 -0700 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980802160326.00923600.cygnus.gnu-win32@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Charles Randall , "'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com'" At 08:34 PM 8/1/98 -0600, Charles Randall wrote: >While I greatly appreciate the efforts of the Cygnus staff, I wonder if >a USENET news group dedicated to Cygwin32 would be beneficial. While >the name is debatable (is Cygwin32 an OS?), I couldn't think of anything >better. > >I think a news group would relieve the Cygnus staff of >some administrative burden (allowing them to concentrate on the >software instead). Additionally, as a personal preference, >I'd rather follow a news group rather than the mailing list. >Finally, I believe that this would give Cygwin32 a bit more >exposure. > >Does anyone have any data related to USENET article propagation delay versus >the delay for messages on this list? > >If there's no interest, I'll shut up. :^) > >Comments? > >Charles Randall >crandall AT matchlogic DOT com Hi Charles, The idea of pushing the stuff from this mail list into a news group has been brought up on this list countless times before. Generally, the response has been some would like it, some would not. It seemed to me that most everyone might agree that it would be fine to have a news group if the list remained as well and one mirrored the other. It seems that the reason that something like this has not already been attempted is that noone pushing for it actually followed through and made it a reality. Can I make a suggestion? If you or some other person or persons are interested in having cygwin32 in some kind of news group, how about sending a message to this list proposing its discussion off-line, in some other list (perhaps one even as simple as one you make and publish yourself)? The reason I suggest this is while I think the discussion of this topic is fine, getting another round of "I think its a good idea" and "I think its a bad idea" messages in this mail list makes the signal to noise ratio drop dramatically, which makes it harder for those who need it to get at useful information out of this list in the meantime. I don't want to squash your discussion but I'd just hate to see another debate develop on whether a news group would be a good thing or not. Just my $.02. Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX Wellesley, MA 02181 http://www.rfk.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".