Re: Usenet newsgroup for Octave proposed

[Robert A. Macy]

Uh,...

Would love to, but...

Where?  How?  

Also, forgot to add, like having octave emails SENT to me,
instead of having to go find them.  

        - Robert -

On Wed, 17 May 2006 21:26:03 -0400
 "John W. Eaton" <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 17-May-2006, Robert A. Macy wrote:
> 
> | I concur.
> | 
> | Octave group is exactly the right balance between
> formality
> | and informality.  Especially handy is direct access to
> any
> | individual posting.  The netiquette is very good.  And
> | people feel free to ask "newbie" questions without
> fear.
> | 
> | Usenet is perfect for truly HIGH volume, "generic" mail
> | subjects.  Usenet downside is the horrific increase in
> spam
> | one gets even with their munged addresses, somehow the
> | spammers find you.  
> | 
> | It is a fine accolade that octave is coming of age to
> the
> | extent that people consider moving octave group to
> Usenet.
> | 
> | However, ...
> | PLEASE keep octave group the octave group.
> 
> I think it would be more effective if you posted this to
> the Usenet
> discussion about this topic as that's where the decision
> will be made.
> I just wanted to let people here know that someone had
> proposed the
> creation of a newsgroup.  If you have an opinion about
> that, then let
> the people who are discussing the group know about it.
>  Also
> discussing it here is OK, but you should know that
> whatver happens on
> this list will probably have minimal impact on the
> ultimate decision
> of whether the group is or isn't created.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> jwe