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Re: porposal for new newsgroup
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 21:21:10 GMT
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Russell Clark <rclark@telis.org> wrote:
Due to the recent flamefest on r.t.l, I would like to see a new newsgroup
created, lugnet.cad.mac. This will help the Macintosh users share ideas without
being flamed for using a Mac.

Why would Mac users be flamed on lugnet.cad?  I'd say platform
flamefests would be decidedly off-topic for that group and thus
actively discouraged by the readership.

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(...) Russell, Do you see the main use in such a group being: (a) focusing on the project at hand and being able to go into lots of esoteric programming & interface issues and that sort of thing, or (b) avoidance of flames in the main cad groups? (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.general)

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Due to the recent flamefest on r.t.l, I would like to see a new newsgroup created, lugnet.cad.mac. This will help the Macintosh users share ideas without being flamed for using a Mac. Russell (25 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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