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- From: michael@resonex.com (Michael Bryan)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: time for comp.unix.bsd.386
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.091607.12110@resonex.com>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 09:16:07 GMT
- References: <I2NI1F7@taronga.com> <1992Aug27.093740.29039@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> <1992Aug27.122244.23194@prism.poly.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug27.122244.23194@prism.poly.edu> kapela@prism.poly.edu (Theodore S. Kapela) writes:
- >Read the INSTALL.NOTES with the 386bsd 0.1 distribution. It reads:
- >
- > On the INTERNET/USENET, we are hoping to establish our
- > own newsgroup called "comp.os.386bsd". This newsgroup would
- > reside alongside the "comp.os.mach" and "comp.os.linux"
-
- Well, this is what the Jolitz' want. But do they have ultimate say in
- what newsgroup gets created? No --- the general net population does.
- It's fine for them to suggest and support a particular name, but they
- can't create it just because they are responsible for the code. If
- the net majority opinion is such that comp.os.386bsd is the desired
- name, then so be it. However, using their Release Notes as *the*
- reason for a name is not good enough, IMHO.
-
- Personally, I rather like Peter's recent suggestion of comp.os.posix.*
- as a place for 386bsd and other POSIX-based systems. It provides a
- general heirarchy to encompass all UN*X-ish systems, yet doesn't use
- the name UN*X itself, which appears to be the Jolitz' main concern
- with comp.unix.bsd. Future UN*X-like O/S additions will easily fit
- under this tree, whether or not they have AT&T/USL code in them.
-
- So let's see. We now have various suggestions:
-
- comp.os.posix.386bsd
- comp.os.unix.386bsd [I really don't think this one will fly]
- comp.os.386bsd
- comp.unix.bsd.386bsd
-
- Any others? ;-)
-
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