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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Path: sparky!uunet!psgrain!hippo!ccml
- From: ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mike Lawrie)
- Subject: Re: 386bsd -- The New Newsgroup
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.193346.2233@hippo.ru.ac.za>
- Keywords: newsgroup 386bsd news group
- Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- References: <1992Sep8.140141.10371@terminator.cc.umich.edu> <18iprpINNg6e@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Sep8.200625.2894@socrates.umd.edu> <veit.716026274@du9ds3>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 19:33:46 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In <veit.716026274@du9ds3> veit@du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de (Holger Veit) writes:
-
- >In <1992Sep8.200625.2894@socrates.umd.edu> john@socrates.umd.edu (John VanAntwerp) writes:
-
- >>In article <18iprpINNg6e@agate.berkeley.edu> wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Jolitz) writes:
- >>>
- >>>As per Bill's suggestion, here's a breakdown of some of the suggested
- >>>topics and groups:
- >>>
- >>> comp.os.386bsd (general questions and trivia)
- >>> comp.os.386bsd.kernel (discussion on kernel content/structure)
- >>> comp.os.386bsd.windows (ditto, on windowing systems like X)
- >>> comp.os.386bsd.sharedlib (shared library and programming environment)
- >>> comp.os.386bsd.net (networking topics)
- >>> comp.os.386bsd.bugs (new bugs)
- >>> comp.os.386bsd.ann (announcements, fixes, additions)
-
- >>I think that this is a fine set of newsgroups...
-
- >> John
-
- >You should not multiply entities unless it is absolutely necessary
- >(free translation of William of Occam's well-known statement).
-
- Evolution is better than revolution - surely if _one_ newsgroup is
- handling (moderately well?) _all_ unix.bsd stuff, then there is no need
- to move to _six_ additional groups? One additional group will suffice
- until the test of time proves otherwise.
-
- Mike
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