[geeks] Solaris newfs question

[Eric Dittman]

> > The problem with removing alt.* is that it's really the main way you get
> > new offical moderated newsgroups. alt.* is just a newsgroup testing
> > ground. alt.binaries.* on the other hand is a waste IMHO but some people
> > dig'em.
> 
>   alt.* is much more than a newsgroup testing ground...unless you
> consider "testing" as something that lasts for years on end.  As a
> case in point, alt.sys.pdp8...that newsgroup has been in "testing" for
> about the past ten years.

The problem is there is never any follow-up for most alt.*
groups that have a place in non-alt space.  comp.sys.pdp8
should have been created years ago.
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