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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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