Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site houxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxa!9212osd From: 9212osd@houxa.UUCP (Orlando Sotomayor-Diaz) Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.music Subject: net.music should be split Message-ID: <349@houxa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 17:21:00 EST Article-I.D.: houxa.349 Posted: Mon Feb 6 17:21:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 09:10:48 EST Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 57 I don't care one way or the other if net.records die a violent death. What I find amusing is the opinionated opposition of certain individuals to split net.music among generally recognized classifications, e.g., net.music.classical. Check the following data taken from our 'active' file. Subs Group --------------- 2 net.adm 1 net.astro 5 net.bugs 7 net.games 1 net.jokes 10 net.lang 12 net.micro 1 net.movies 7 net.news 2 net.nlang 12 net.rec 4 net.sport 2 net.tv 1 net.women I think the split of Groups into Subgroups as already being done for the above makes perfect sense and makes running 'readnews' a ** more efficient process ** from the human and computational point of view. If your argument is that we must keep the number of groups small, I would agree with you provided that the efficiency question is also part of the equation. And remember that groups can be removed if they go into oblivion. If your argument is that there is not enough interest in this network for classical music, I would certainly like to argue that it's not true. Being a regular reader of net.audio, I know that there are quite a lot of individuals in USENET that purchase classical recordings. However, a recording is mentioned in net.audio for its 'audio' merit, and not necessarily its musical quality. Recently there was a discussion on the quality of FM radio stations (transmission wise) and most of the stations mentioned were mostly classical stations from all over. If you feel that not enough people have gone in favor of splitting net.music remember that it is most likely that the ones who could express interest don't read net.music anymore (nor net.news.group). I'm one of them, and learned about this debate in mod.ber. Replies to me at the address below. -- Orlando Sotomayor-Diaz /AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawfords Corner Road Room HO-3M-325 201-949-1532 Holmdel, New Jersey, 07733 Path: {{{ucbvax,decvax}!}{ihnp4,harpo}!}houxa!9212osd