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In lugnet.cad, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) writes:
> 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.
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?
Another angle on the question: What is your estimation of the popular demand
today for a mailing list dedicated to developing a Mac clone of LDraw (such as
the one proposed a few days ago in RTL)?
If the interest is already a-brewin' out there, then I'd say a new group for
this (probably called lugnet.cad.dev.mac) would make a lot of sense, especially
if it helped generate interest and helped the project organizers focus. Also,
although a new group sometimes means a loss to related groups, the loss is
minimized if the new group is a newsgroup right nextdoor rather than a isolated
mailing list.
> 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.
I agree, anti-Mac sentiments have no place in lugnet.cad or lugnet.cad.dev
(anti-MegaBloks sentiments OTOH are another story ;-)...
--Todd
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| (...) (a) as well as other Mac programs, like Gryphon Bricks and LEGO CAD. (...) Personally, I don't know what the demand is because I don't really read the lugnet.cad groups. I scan them because most of the topics relate to the PC, like LDRAW. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) 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. (25 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad)
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