From: Reinier Zwitserloot 
Subject: Re: Should We Create Comp
 
The overall censorship of alt.* groups by lots of proxys (read:
corporate/school ISPs) is just stupid, because nearly all alt.* groups
are just fine. However, it's unlikely to change soon and since I for
some reason my ISP didn't carry alt.lang.powerbasic up till now you got
a new vote :-).
 
My suggestion would be to shut down alt.lang.powerbasic after
comp.lang.powerbasic is created. Reading both alt.lang.asm and
comp.lang.asm.x86 is really annoying; many people cross-post. The comp
groups eventually get more traffic if you allow folks to move, which is
best done by just shutting down the ability to post messages, and only
leave a message instructing people to move over (is this possible?).
 
I'd much rather have a ng than the web-based system, since you can
pre-download these and read/respond offline, which is great for us
pay-per-minute folks in europe.
 
Guy Macon wrote:
>
> In article , krogg.no.to.spam@inspace.net 
(Krogg) wrote:
>
> >  I read them all once a day,and it works for me,but i would like to
> >see comp.lang.powerbasic come up if it will generate more posters
> >because of restrictions of certain users from the alt.* groups.
> >I am willing to bet that there are a lot of users that cant see
> >alt.* groups that would love to get in on the discussion of pb
> >but feel left out.I dunno,but i AM in favor and cast my vote again
> >as YES.
>
> Also, think about what kind of people can't see alt.*.  It's mostly
> two groups:
>
> [1] Education sites
>
> [2] Corporate sites.
>
> So we lose a bunch of computer science students and working engineers.
> Just the kind of people we want to have in our discussions.
 
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