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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Cannons Away: Vote NO on newsgroup reformation.
Date: 10 Feb 1995 00:27:13 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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References: <D3o5Ew.8x2@nbn.com> <3ha6og$pbk@sidhe.hsc-sec.fr> <kaleb.792253018@exalt> <3hbpf8$q7c@fasterix.frmug.fr.net> <kaleb.792343226@exalt>
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kaleb@x.org (Kaleb KEITHLEY) wrote:
] pb@fasterix.frmug.fr.net (Pierre Beyssac) writes:
]
] >I agree that a reorganization is necessary. Trying to get rid of
] >the "386bsd" name is probably a good thing. I would by far prefer
] >a generic name such as "bsd".
]
] A generic group, comp.unix.bsd already exists.
I believe he was talking about replacing the string "386bsd" with
the string "bsd" in the existing group heirarchy. Other than the
'.misc' group, the existing heirarchy is not there for "generic"
discussion.
The group comp.unix.bsd is for *UNIX* derived bsd variants.
The OS's 386BSD, FreeBSD, and NetBSD are *NOT* *UNIX* derived.
This is tantamount to asking alt.fan.lawrence-welk posters to
use the perfectly adequate rec.music.afro-latin group because
after all, they are just discussing music.
You could also argue for the elimination of comp.unix.xenix.sco
and its replacement by comp.unix.xenix.ms, since all Xenix licenses
derive from Microsoft Xenix, and Microsoft owns chunks of SCO
anyway. Likewise, we could rename uunet.* to ms.* because of the
recent purchase of shares in UUNET by Microsoft.
Many *.religion.* groups come to mind as being similar.
Perhaps the group comp.os.bsd.misc would be more a more
appropriate name... as has been suggested before.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.