RFD: Remove comp.sys.ti.explorer
Jim Riley
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the following
Usenet newsgroup:
remove comp.sys.ti.explorer
RATIONALE: remove comp.sys.ti.explorer
This is one of a set of 31 low-traffic former INET groups proposed for
removal. Please see the article
"2nd RFD: Remove low traffic former INET groups"
posted to news.announce.newgroups and news.groups for a more general
discussion.
**********************************************************************************
RATIONALE: remove comp.sys.ti.explorer
The newsgroup line is:
|comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
comp.sys.ti.explorer has had one on-topic message in the past 11 months.
Anything specific to the TI Explorer can be posted to comp.sys.ti.
**********************************************************************************
PROCEDURE:
The full (draft) group removal procedure is documented here:
http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup
Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup
should subscribe to news.groups and participate in the relevant threads
in that newsgroup.
To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to
news.groups.
All discussion of active proposals should be posted to news.groups.
If desired by the readership of closely affected groups, the discussion
may be crossposted to those groups, but care must be taken to ensure
that all discussion appears in news.groups as well.
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups (omitted)
news.groups
comp.sys.ti.explorer
comp.sys.ti
PROPONENT:
Jim Riley <jim...@pipeline.com>
CHANGE HISTORY:
2006-07-08 Original RFD.
--
Jim Riley
Jim Riley
wrote:
>Jim Riley <jim...@pipeline.com> writes:
>> **********************************************************************************
>>
>> RATIONALE: remove comp.sys.ti.explorer
>>
>> The newsgroup line is:
>>
>> |comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
>>
>> comp.sys.ti.explorer has had one on-topic message in the past 11 months.
>> Anything specific to the TI Explorer can be posted to comp.sys.ti.
>>
>> **********************************************************************************
>
>There are at least two emulators nearing completion; it's not at all
>improbable that traffic might increase reasonably soon.
Why would this discussion occur on comp.sys.ti.explorer, as opposed to a
lisp group, an emulators group, or comp.sys.ti?
--
Jim Riley
rydis
> On 18 Jul 2006 17:25:52 +0200, rydis (Martin Rydstr|m) @CD.Chalmers.SE
> wrote:
>
> >Jim Riley <jim...@pipeline.com> writes:
> >> **********************************************************************************
> >>
> >> RATIONALE: remove comp.sys.ti.explorer
> >>
> >> The newsgroup line is:
> >>
> >> |comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer.
> >>
> >> comp.sys.ti.explorer has had one on-topic message in the past 11 months.
> >> Anything specific to the TI Explorer can be posted to comp.sys.ti.
> >>
> >> **********************************************************************************
> >There are at least two emulators nearing completion; it's not at
> >all improbable that traffic might increase reasonably soon.
Oh, I forgot. There are also a few tens of real systems that might
appear from what was formerly SwissAir.
> Why would this discussion occur on comp.sys.ti.explorer, as opposed
> to a lisp group, an emulators group, or comp.sys.ti?
To be honest, it's very likely that discussion will mostly occur on
mailing lists. It's mostly off-topic in comp.lang.lisp, IMO.
comp.sys.ti appears to mostly discuss pocket calculators and micros.
I am not aware of any emulator groups, but that might just be because
the emulators I'm interested in aren't very mainstream.
I was mostly trying to be informative. The TI Explorer seems to be an
interesting system, although I have never used one. (Although I have
made an offer to pay shipping for one of the former SwissAir ones, but
haven't heard back.)
',mr
--
[Emacs] is written in Lisp, which is the only computer language that is
beautiful. -- Neal Stephenson, _In the Beginning was the Command Line_