286 vs. 68k (New Newsgroup Proposal)

[dibble at rochester.UUCP]

> Or move the whole discussion to net.flame. It really belongs there!

I find the discussion at least a little informative.  True, there is more
noise than light but even the noise is sort of fun.  The participants in
the discussion are polite and present organized (if biased) arguments.
In this discussion I've seen the first information I've encountered about
the 80386.  

I like seeing people who seem to know discuss the rational behind the design
for the 8086.

If this information about microprocessors and computer architecture was
mixed with the junk on net.flame, I'd never see it.

These notes are clearly marked by the subject line.  When I get bored of this 
discussion I'll stop reading them.  

Finally if the discussion of the merits of microprocessors is moved to 
a separate news group the lack of this critical audience would probably
either make the contestants shut up or sink to simple name calling.

I say: keep them here where we can keep an eye on them.