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- From: nareid@due.unit.no (Helge Nareid)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: RFD: how about comp.sys.ibm.pc.advocacy?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.204143.15047@ugle.unit.no>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 20:41:43 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan2.035542.1244@midway.uchicago.edu>, sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
-
- |> I'd love to RFD comp.os.os2.announce and comp.os.os2.ver1x. As for a
- |> bug reporting newsgroup, I have no objection in principle to the idea,
- |> but I would like to hear what IBM's plans are for a bug reporting
- |> mechanism now that the Internet to CompuServe mechanism has been shut
- |> down.
- |>
- |> The comp.os.os2.announce newsgroup requires a moderator. Are you
- |> volunteering, Mark? :-)
- |>
- |> The comp.os.os2.programmer.porting proposal a while back was a
- |> terrific idea. The voting was botched, frankly, and I hope it gets
- |> reintroduced for RFD after the mandatory six month wait. Does anyone
- |> know when that six months is up? (That new newsgroup would also
- |> accompany a renaming of comp.os.os2.programmer to
- |> comp.os.os2.programmer.misc.)
- |>
- |> The other botched newsgroup was comp.os.os2.setup, which I'd also like
- |> to reintroduce.
- |>
- |> So, in summary, I'd like to see these OS/2 newsgroups:
- |>
- |> comp.os.os2.misc
- |> comp.os.os2.advocacy
- |> comp.os.os2.apps
- |> comp.os.os2.networking
- |> comp.os.os2.announce
- |> comp.os.os2.ver1x
- |> comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
- |> comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
-
- You seem to have forgotten comp.os.os2.setup in your summary.
-
- |> Timothy F. Sipples | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0h, available from
-
- Given the current volume in comp.os.os2.misc, a split of the comp.os.os2.*
- groups appears to be highly desirable. A couple of other possible groups
- could also be suggested, since they both would carry quite a bit of
- traffic - I would like to suggest the following :
-
- comp.os.os2.drivers - A lot of the traffic in .misc appears to be of
- the type "Is there a driver available for my
- video card/printer/sound card/cd-rom/etc..."
- This traffic is easily separated from the rest,
- and would fit neatly into this group.
-
- comp.os.os2.win-os2 - The question of Windows compatability is not
- going to go away in the foreseeable future, so
- why not have a group where Win-os2 is discussed.
-
- And what about :
-
- comp.os.os2.betas - IBM seems committed to public beta-testing
- programs for OS/2, so why not have group for
- discussing the current batch of beta releases ?
-
- ... Just some ideas ..
-
- - Helge Nareid
-