From: seeta@eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju UdayaBhaskar Sarma)
Subject: ......  why a new group is needed ........
Reply-To: seeta@eng.wayne.edu
Organization: College of Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan, USA
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 03:58:35 GMT


What is included below is just another post - whether for or agaisnt --
on creation of new newsgroups...

Nothing new ever pops out from these posts.  But I have something new
which incidentally can be used as ``pro-new-newsgroups''...

My experience with the mailing list for telugu speaking people ...

(which is still running fine, because a lot of people dont have access to usenet,
especially the people in orgns stupid enough to buy IBM mainframes and AS/400s)

..... was real bad.  So will others who have used it.  A conversation or dialogue
is next to impossible.  Lastly, the mail arrives only when the moderator feels
sufficent accumulation has occured...

So..........................

Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)

P.S. : I have had people write by email saying ::: I heard U have pictures.  Send them.
How do I see them on my mainframes? ::: I wanted to reply ::: wait until I have
converted them to ascii (oops! ebcdic)...


In article 1hoea1INNlf0@hsc.usc.edu, banerjee@hsc.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee) writes:
-+>
-+>I am posting this at Bijoy Sagar's request, not because I suddenly feel 
-+>more empathy for a Bengali language based newsgroup, but in retrospect
-+>it seems that since the formation of such a newsgroup is destined to be, it 
-+>might as well have a name that I can live with. I am proposing that we call 
-+>the new newsgroup SCI.LANG.BENGALI. There are a few reasons for this:
-+>
-+>1. It will enable the new newsgroup to retain it's ties with SCI and also
-+>make it easier to identify splintered newsgroups which the user
-+>can then combine, once the GNU effort that Subhu alluded to is complete.
-+>Some of you may wonder, what is so important in a name? Well for starters,
-+>identifying the roots for a new newsgroup will hopefully make fanatics
-+>on either side of the religious/political divide less likely to
-+>target it for propaganda purposes.
-+>
-+>2. A language based newgroup will also make it harder for people
-+>to indulge in religious and/or political discussions that seem to be the
-+>hallmark of most other subcontinental newsgroups. This will possibly leave the
-+>door open for an unhindered exchange of ideas relating to Bengali culture.
-+>
-+>3. Sci.lang.bengali should address the need (with which I disagree) to have
-+>a newsgroup that will cater to the language and cultural needs of the 
-+>Bengali speaking population of India. This culture is markedly different
-+>from the people of Bangladesh and for those who do not know, even the
-+>Bengali dialects that are spoken on either side of the border are quite
-+>dissimilar. Currently SCB does not do this as it primarily caters (and 
-+>rightfully so) to the national issues facing the BD people and their heritage.
-+> 
-+>This is not to say that SLB will be the sole preserve of Bengali's from India.
-+>I am sure most people will be more than happy to hear from the BDeshi folks
-+>about their views on any or all subjects dealing with our culture. 
-+>
-+>Feel free to post your resposes to the net.
-+>
-+>Samit
-+>-- 
-+>Samit Banerjee,			    |  
-+>University of Southern California   |  A man who smiles when things go wrong,
-+>Internet: banerjee@scf.usc.edu      |  has found somebody to blame it on.
-+>Bellnet : (213) 342-1401            |  




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