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Todd Lehman writes:
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> Russell,
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> 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?
(a) as well as other Mac programs, like Gryphon Bricks and LEGO CAD.
> 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)?
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. Maybe a Mac newsgroup will draw mnore people out. It doesn't have
to be dedicated only to making a clone. It can be for other programs like the
ones I listed above.
> 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.
I predict it may not cause a loss but rather a gain because not a lot of
discussion goes toward Macs.
> > 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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> I agree, anti-Mac sentiments have no place in lugnet.cad or lugnet.cad.dev
> (anti-MegaBloks sentiments OTOH are another story ;-)...
I totally agree.
I hope people aren't taking my idea the wrong way.
Russell
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| (...) LEGO CAD runs on the Mac? (Like you mean the one TLG put out in 1997?...wow, I always thought that was PC-only.) Did you have in mind a "user oriented" group for Mac CAD users or "developer oriented" group for Mac CAD developers? (...) Hmm. I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.general)
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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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