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From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes)
Subject: Re: Cannons Away: Vote NO on newsgroup reformation.
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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 07:56:42 GMT
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Terry Lambert (terry@cs.weber.edu) wrote:
: The replacement of omp.os.386bsd.{misc,development,apps,...} by a
: single group is at odds with the groups usage. It would be more
: intelligent to have an arrangement like:
: comp.unix.bsd -> comp.os.bsd.misc
: comp.os.386bsd.misc DEAD
: comp.os.386bsd.bugs -> comp.os.bsd.bugs
: comp.os.386bsd.questions -> comp.os.bsd.questions
: comp.os.386bsd.development -> comp.os.bsd.development
: comp.os.386bsd.apps -> comp.os.bsd.apps
: comp.os.386bsd.announce -> comp.os.bsd.announce
: alt.suit.att-bsdi DEAD
Well stated. I wasn't even paying attention and didn't notice who the
author was until I decided to followup. Great minds think alike, eh, Terry?
Except, while we're cleaning up: 1,$s/386bsd/44bsd/
: comp.bugs.2bsd DEAD
: comp.bugs.4bsd DEAD
: comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes DEAD
Sigh. Those were the days.
: NEW comp.os.bsd.386bsd
Huh? How 'bout comp.os.bsd.386bsd.os.bsd.4.4.bsd.os?
: alt.os.bsdi -> comp.os.bsd.bsdi
: NEW comp.os.bsd.freebsd
: NEW comp.os.bsd.netbsd
Oh, I get it. comp.os.bsd.flame.fest!
: The last three new groups are for idiots that believe postings
: to advocacy groups (these would be advocacy groups) are never
: crossposted, are ever read by anyone, and advocacy type replies
: aren't made in the groups to which the message is a reply.
] <blathering about "yes" vote deleted.
: I have an idea, why don't we work to take what is in place
: (comp.os.386bsd...) and work to make it perfect (comp.os.bsd...).
: The rest of the changes can come later (like when hell frezzes over,
: or during the comp.unix to comp.os.unix move that will never happen?
But Terry, it's so much fun to do it over (and over, and over...) rather
than fix it once!
: Sorry to be so adversarial, but the implication of the statement
: "then you won't even have that much to work with" sounds like a
: threat to get rid of the existing comp.os.386bsd... heirarchy
: regardless of the vote.
[Ramblings of dire implications of Micro$oft/UUNET/BSDI conspiracy]
: I would strongly urge that anyone who has voted 'YES' to any part
: of this proposal change their vote to 'NO' before the deadline.
Ditto!
: Terry Lambert
: terry@cs.weber.edu
Terry, call me. I need your help! Remember the dreaded "Matrox"
emulator? It is raising its ugly head again! HELP! ;^)