On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 02:26:32PM -0400, linc wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2001, Lord Isildur wrote:
> 
> > Do you think there's enough of us to risk splitting things? the port-vax 
> > list is quite lively and just about the only place (maybe comp.sys.dec) 
> > where one can find quite this concentration, quantity, and expertise of 
> > VAXheads. The occasional off-topic pmax or alpha related post usually is 
> > not flamed out of existence, either. 
> > If such a list does come into existence, how about mirroring it as a 
> > newsgroup? yes, usenet still exists, and most of the lusers have left it 
> > for web-ish things instead.. i'm mostly concerned that by fracturing the 
> > little community here (or potentially doing so) onto multiple lists, etc, 
> > that it will cause it to fade away. check out comp.sys.dec, i think a lot 
> > of the aim of this proposed list is covered there.. 
> >  just a concern to think about.. 
> 
> On the contrary, I think it would be a great place to sort of
> "merge" things.  Mirroring it as a newsgroup would be a great idea, but
> that's something you'd have to talk to Brian about since he'll be hosting
> it.  The SunRescue list is so popular and such a good idea I only hope
> that a DecRescue list would do the same for another great series of
> computers...

i don't at all dissagree with this, so if we do descide to do it, i'd be more
than willing to gateway between list and news.

-brian