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Steve
EPOC machines get released by third parties? I doubt if most of their
purchasers would think of c.s.p.m as the obvious NG to ask their questions in.
How about a "comp.sys.epoc" or a "comp.sys.symbian" NG as a catch-all, with
the possibility of individual product NGs in the comp.sys heirarchy?
Another (better?) possibility might be to rename "comp.sys.psion.misc",
"comp.sys.psion.programmer" etc as "comp.sys.epoc.misc" and
"comp.sys.epoc.programmer", etc since programming, comms and apps questions
are likely to be common to all platforms, then create a "comp.sys.epoc.psion"
NG for Psion-specific questions (broken stylii, hinges, cracked screen cables,
etc.)
Just some thoughts...
Steve Jolly
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Robin Parkinson
> What are we going to do next year when (hopefully!) a significant number of
> EPOC machines get released by third parties? I doubt if most of their
> purchasers would think of c.s.p.m as the obvious NG to ask their questions in.
> How about a "comp.sys.epoc" or a "comp.sys.symbian" NG as a catch-all, with
> the possibility of individual product NGs in the comp.sys heirarchy?
>
> Another (better?) possibility might be to rename "comp.sys.psion.misc",
> "comp.sys.psion.programmer" etc as "comp.sys.epoc.misc" and
> "comp.sys.epoc.programmer", etc since programming, comms and apps questions
> are likely to be common to all platforms, then create a "comp.sys.epoc.psion"
> NG for Psion-specific questions (broken stylii, hinges, cracked screen cables,
> etc.)
That won't work. Don't forget that Psion have been producing handhelds
and related kit for yonks, and there are loads of Psion owners out
there who don't have epoc machines. While I don't have any strong
feelings on the matter ATM I would suspect that your first suggestion,
ie. a separate comp.sys.epoc.*, would be the most sensible, doubtless
with lots of cross-posting between comp.sys.psion.* and comp.sys.epoc.*.
- Robin.
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Alan Roberts
: How about a "comp.sys.epoc" or a "comp.sys.symbian" NG as a catch-all, with
What about the SIBO machines? It would be nice not having to trawl through
all the Psion5 stuff looking for P3 threads.
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Chris Marriott
Steve wrote in message <73maqi$ef0$4...@jura.cc.ic.ac.uk>...
>What are we going to do next year when (hopefully!) a significant number of
>EPOC machines get released by third parties? I doubt if most of their
>purchasers would think of c.s.p.m as the obvious NG to ask their questions
in.
with
>the possibility of individual product NGs in the comp.sys heirarchy?
"comp.os.epoc.*" would probably be more appropriate - that's the hierarchy
for operating systems rather than specific hardware platforms.
Chris
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discussed and pooh-poohed before. The simple expedient of putting the
machine name in the title is not universally done. That alone would help.
Alan Roberts wrote in message <73mka4$c9m$1...@nntp0.reith.bbc.co.uk>...