| Just imagine walking into the
largest room you have ever been in. You open the door and the
first thing that strikes the eye are the bulletin boards.
That's right. Bulletin boards. Around the walls.
Up and down the aisles. In fact, the aisles are created by
having bulletin boards all neatly stacked in long straight lines
from one end of the room to the other. As you wander around
the room, you notice a certain sense of organization. There is
one large section in which all the bulletin boards contain technical
stuff about computers. Another section, a little away from the
geeks, serves a more somber purpose -- that of exchanging
information about health care issues, support groups and the like.
Noticing a door used by many a visitor, you go through it.
This room, separated from the main room is very crowded.
Quickly, you realize why. It is reserved for bulletin boards
on various erotica. Getting back to the
main room, you come across another section that has bulletin boards
about Microsoft programs. And, a separate section that is
reserved for boards about Corel's programs. In the Microsoft
section, you notice there's one bulletin board devoted to ideas
about charting in Excel. Another nearby is exclusively for
those who want to discuss the PowerPoint program.
Multiple news servers -- public servers,
private servers
Organization of newsgroups into Big 8 -- alt.
(and further refinement), soc., comp., what else? Corporate
started NGs -- microsoft, Corel, etc. |
