Re: pre-FAQ

Dawn M. Wolthuis wrote:

> mAsterdam wrote:
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>>Q: When did this newsgroup get started?
>>A: I don't know, but I found this:

Thank you. Here is another message. This one is at http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/ftp.isc.org/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/comp/comp.databases.theory

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> From John.Roddick_at_levels.unisa.edu.au Sat Apr 4 02:42:44 1992
> Xref: rpi news.announce.newgroups:1730 news.groups:37198 comp.databases:13135 comp.ai:8594
> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.databases,comp.ai
> Path: rpi!bounce-back
> From: John.Roddick_at_levels.unisa.edu.au
> Subject: RFD: comp.databases.theory
> Followup-To: news.groups
> Sender: tale_at_cs.rpi.edu
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> Organization: University of South Australia
> Date: 13 Jan 92 16:11:38 GMT
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> Maybe the time has come to set up another database newsgroup. The
> trouble with COMP.DATABASES is twofold. Firstly the volume of stuff
> posted makes it impossible to read it all, expecially when time is
> limited, and secondly, from my point of view (and I suspect others)
> most of the postings are too much problem solving ("I've got this
> problem with Oracle") and not enough discussion.
>
> How about the following:
> COMP.DATABASE - as now
> COMP.DATABASE.THEORY - discussion of db theory and paradigms
> COMP.DATABASE.AI \
> or - discussion of expert databases etc.
> COMP.AI.DATABASE / (if sufficient demand)
>
> John Roddick
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