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ADMIN: Re: WIN95: appropriate?



Jesse Montrose says:

>What's the general feeling, should I set up a separate mailing list for
>win95 on thinkpad specific issues?  Or is the win95: tag sufficient?

Separate mailing list?!?  I guess it's courteous to ask, but ... Sometime in
the next 7-12 months Windows 95 will become the number two or three
graphical OS on the planet and I don't see how any computer user who's not
living in a cave will be able to avoid it.  That's not a statement of
affection for Windows or MS, just a reflection on the way the ground shakes
when Gates walks.  As a sometime Win32 developer I have more than a mild
curiosity about MS's new operating systems, but I can't escape the
conclusion that (strategically) they ought to be a topic of broad general
interest, even to the orneriest OS/2 diehard :-)

So yes, keep it on the list.  My two cents.

[Editorial comment:  Hey, does anyone else get the feeling we're getting a
little *too* carried away lately about bandwidth hygiene?  Surely we can't
put every new thread up for vote on acceptability ... maybe we could all
just loosen our collars a little and accept that this is a diverse user
community, and that there is no such thing as a topic that's guaranteed to
delight and interest *everyone*.  Don't forget, it's supposed to be a great
time of year for tolerance and understanding.  Merry X and Happy H, don't
drink & drive, I'm off to someplace mercifully computerless 'til ninety-five
- Tim.]

Tim Vetter
Frankfurt
uwe@odb.rhein-main.de