RE: [cobalt-users] How many people here would be interested in a cobalt newsgroup on usenet?

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I brought this up a while back and a lot of folks seemed interested. Is
> that still the case? how many people here use usenet?

I do.

>
> I know I would find usenet much easier than a mailing list. The
> threads are
> much easier to follow and reply to, and I don't have 100+ emails a day in
> my inbox from this list alone.

You could subscribe to the digest version.

>
> What's the current level of interest in a Usenet newsgroup (
> alt.sys.cobalt
> or even comp.sys.cobalt if there are enough people to vote for it. ) ?

0 interest. I still get spam to addresses I used to post to newsgroups
several years ago. Although this group and posts get archived on web
servers, it seems the addresses are not harvested as much as Usenet groups
are. That and recent Usenet floods in certain groups making them virtually
useless for many. Many ISPs would probably not carry the group, so a lot of
people wouldn't be able to follow it. There is also a new message board run
by Sun/Cobalt.
<http://supportforum.sun.com/cgi-bin/WebX.cgi?/cobalt.raq.general> That
along with the existing privately run Cobalt message boards, IMO, already
splits enough people's attention.

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Dan Kriwitsky