All,

Just wondering if there was enough interest in the Motorola PowerPC chips to 
set up a separate newsgroup?

I am assuming that there isn't one already, because I haven't seen a PowerPC 
group on the two servers that I use.

If there is enough interest (based on replies), I'll go through the exercise 
of trying to get one created.

Thanks,
Paul Helmuth
HP/SS Automotive 

Paul Helmuth wrote:
> Just wondering if there was enough interest in the Motorola PowerPC chips to 
> set up a separate newsgroup?

Don't bother.  Just post about embedded PowerPC stuff in 
comp.arch.embedded and see what happens.

Creating officially sanctioned Usenet groups is time consuming and 
annoying.  Discussion phases, voting phases, etc.  These sorts of hoops 
were justified when Usenet was more popular, and a general group had so 
much daily traffic that it made sense to create specialized children.

Usenet is a lot less vibrant and useful than it used to be.  If you need 
a special purpose group, let Yahoo! host it for you.  If you find the 
Yahoo! terms and conditions prohibitive, host a web forum on your own 
hardware.

My two cents,
Kelly

"Paul Helmuth" <P...@SprintMail.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> All,
>
> Just wondering if there was enough interest in the Motorola PowerPC chips
to
> set up a separate newsgroup?
>
> I am assuming that there isn't one already, because I haven't seen a
PowerPC
> group on the two servers that I use.
>
> If there is enough interest (based on replies), I'll go through the
exercise
> of trying to get one created.
>


What is wrong with "comp.sys.powerpc.*"  ?


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share by my Employer Atmel Nordic AB

Paul Helmuth wrote:
>Just wondering if there was enough interest in the Motorola PowerPC chips to 
>set up a separate newsgroup?
>
>I am assuming that there isn't one already, because I haven't seen a PowerPC 
>group on the two servers that I use.

Try comp.sys.powerpc.tech

Andy

Kelly Hall <k...@acm.org> wrote in message news:<X%kid.17660$6...@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>...
> Paul Helmuth wrote:
> > Just wondering if there was enough interest in the Motorola PowerPC chips to 
> > set up a separate newsgroup?
> 
> Don't bother.  Just post about embedded PowerPC stuff in 
> comp.arch.embedded and see what happens.
> 
> Creating officially sanctioned Usenet groups is time consuming and 
> annoying.  Discussion phases, voting phases, etc.  These sorts of hoops 
> were justified when Usenet was more popular, and a general group had so 
> much daily traffic that it made sense to create specialized children.
> 
> Usenet is a lot less vibrant and useful than it used to be.  If you need 
> a special purpose group, let Yahoo! host it for you.  If you find the 
> Yahoo! terms and conditions prohibitive, host a web forum on your own 
> hardware.
> 
> My two cents,
> Kelly

there is one comp.sys.powerpc.tech or via google at
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&group=comp.sys.powerpc.tech

"Paul Helmuth" <P...@SprintMail.com> wrote in message
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> All,
> 
> Just wondering if there was enough interest in the Motorola PowerPC chips to 
> set up a separate newsgroup?
> 
> I am assuming that there isn't one already, because I haven't seen a PowerPC 
> group on the two servers that I use.
> 
> If there is enough interest (based on replies), I'll go through the exercise 
> of trying to get one created.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul Helmuth
> HP/SS Automotive

Look at group comp.sys.powerpc.tech, it's there.

- Thierry Moreau

Hi Kelly,

> Usenet is a lot less vibrant and useful than it used to be. ...

Why do you think that this is happening? I am pretty new to usenet but I 
find it a great community where top notch tech stuff is being discussed. 
Could it be that younger engineers simply don't know about it?

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

Joerg wrote:
> Why do you think that this is happening? I am pretty new to usenet but I 
> find it a great community where top notch tech stuff is being discussed. 
> Could it be that younger engineers simply don't know about it?

Well, I find it less vibrant and less useful than I once did.  I can't 
state conclusively whether this is because I'm older and crustier or if 
Usenet sucks more.

Many of the products/packages I use are well-supported via mailing 
lists, vendor-hosted web forums, and 3rd-party (Yahoo!) hosted web 
forums.  Add in the various RSS-based forums I read, and there's not a 
lot of need for me to keep reading Usenet other than old habits.

That's not to say that I don't appreciate the charms of Usenet - I find 
most web forums bland, visually noisy, and the GUIs mostly suck.  A good 
newsreader is a wonderful tool.

Kelly

My impression is that most people don't even know that usenet exists;
all they're aware of is the web, and therefore web forums.  Think
about it; they have a question and what do they do: a google or yahoo
search.

Joerg <n...@removethispacbell.net> writes:

> Hi Kelly,
> 
> > Usenet is a lot less vibrant and useful than it used to be. ...
> 
> Why do you think that this is happening? I am pretty new to usenet but I 
> find it a great community where top notch tech stuff is being discussed. 
> Could it be that younger engineers simply don't know about it?
> 
> Regards, Joerg
> 
> http://www.analogconsultants.com

Hi Kelly,

> Many of the products/packages I use are well-supported via mailing 
> lists, vendor-hosted web forums, and 3rd-party (Yahoo!) hosted web 
> forums.  Add in the various RSS-based forums I read, and there's not a 
> lot of need for me to keep reading Usenet other than old habits.


I haven't tried Yahoo yet because I didn't like their sign-up process 
but as for vendor forums and other fancy interfaces I have yet to see 
anything that is as efficient as Usenet.

> That's not to say that I don't appreciate the charms of Usenet - I 
> find most web forums bland, visually noisy, and the GUIs mostly suck.  
> A good newsreader is a wonderful tool.


Indeed it is. Many 'modern' forums are outright useless. 
Over-sophisticated and way too slow.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com