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On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, Joseph Palmer wrote:

> In article <146926@cup.portal.com>, LadyHawke@cup.portal.com (Classic -
> Concepts) wrote:
> 
> [deleted list of proposed newsgroups] 
> 
> Please remember that Be, Incorporated is only 22 people, And that we are
> just starting to talk to developers. I don't think 15 groups is warrented
> for a company with 22 employees! Besides, splitting comp.sys.be later

Joseph, it's very good to hear from someone at Be in 'person'.  Would you 
and others be interested in joining Firebug (The First Be Users' Group) 
in an online meeting at IRC to do a Q & A session?  Let me know of 
interest level and good times to set it up.  Many potential developers 
and users have flooded me with mail about joining the group and I think 
you would be a good resource to answer some of the burning questions.

Joseph, remember it's just a preliminary proposal; as I mentioned in a 
follow-up message, starting with comp.sys.be or comp.sys.be.advocacy is 
fine; I just wanted to put future plans into an open forum for discussion.

But here's another thought on my part.  You surprise me!!!!  Your level of 
optimism should be higher.   :)  The number of newsgroups is NOT, nor is 
EVER a function of the number of employees of a company, but is related 
to the level of interest in the Usenet community.  You are associated 
with the company with the most interesting piece of computing hardware 
which has been announced since the NeXT computer.  I have not seen so 
much discussion or *genuine* interest from the pivotal people in the 
computing community since the NeXT shipped in 1987.  The people who are 
contacting me about Firebug are not idle curiosity seekers, they are high 
level professionals with a track record, and they see something in your 
product that seriously interests them.

Similarly, sales of a product have very little relation to the size of 
the company.  I just watched a company of one sell over three million 
consumer products in the $20 range in less than 13 months.  As your 
company makes sales, the number of employees will grow.  

> Joseph Palmer
> Director of Hardware Engineering
> Be, Incorporated.

I'm happy to see you posting, and to have your input.  The visibility 
of Be personnel online puts the company in a good light.

Remember that Apple started with only two people, as did Microsoft.  Hey,
you have 22, and your company seems to be trying to learn from and 
corect the mistakes of others.  You're already out of the starting gate 
with a good position.  :)

Would you be interested in providing us some hardware information on 
IRC?  Since I've received international interest in people wanting to 
join Firebug, I am considering making the first meeting or two online, 
and then organizing local chapter meetings.

Julie Petersen
Developer/Computer Artist/Writer
jpetersen@abiogenesis.com

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