NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/ibm/pc/hardware/33907

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From: [e-mail] (Nan Zou)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: RFD: how about comp.sys.ibm.pc.advocacy?
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Date: 21 Dec 92 23:30:04 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
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I've been away from the net for a couple of months now, got tangled up
with school and finals, and when I came back, I see page after page of
flame wars in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.  And I got to thinking: isn't it
about time to create a comp.sys.ibm.pc.advocacy?  So that all the flames
and debates can go there and leave c.s.i.p.hardware for people who
wish to discuss hardware topics.  People may think an advocacy group
will itself generate more flames, while this may be true, at least it'll
keep the religious flame wars from spilling over to the other groups.

Besides, Amiga, Mac and NeXT already has their advocacy groups. ;-)
OS/2 and Windows advocacy group only discuss a small aspect of the PC, I
think a general advocacy group for discussing the merits (or lack
thereof) of the PC as a system is in order.  What do you people think?

Net.custom calls for a discussion period, then someone who has the time
or energy can start collecting votes, but since most people are on
holiday vacations, we may want to wait until school starts for the
formal voting to take place.

-- Nan