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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!cs.umd.edu!ra.nrl.navy.mil!lou-pecora.nrl.navy.mil!user From: pecora@zoltar.nrl.navy.mil (Louis M. Pecora) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer.help,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.machten Subject: Re: [Ann] OpenMac mailing list Date: 4 Oct 1995 15:37:20 GMT Organization: Naval Research Laboratory Lines: 33 Distribution: world Message-ID: <pecora-0410951146040001@lou-pecora.nrl.navy.mil> References: <44q4m4$us@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> <44s6mq$ch0@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lou-pecora.nrl.navy.mil X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.0 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.mac.programmer.help:15575 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:67289 comp.sys.powerpc:52566 comp.os.linux.advocacy:23824 comp.os.linux.development.system:10647 comp.os.linux.hardware:18152 comp.unix.aux:18851 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1155 comp.unix.machten:807 In article <44s6mq$ch0@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, english@primenet.com (Lawson English) wrote: > Matt Slot (fprefect@umich.edu) wrote: > : Announcing the OpenMac Developers mailing list > > : This mailing list is dedicated to the technical aspects of porting > : different UNIX flavors, such as Linux and NetBSD (referred to here as > : the OpenMac projects), to the Macintosh and PowerMacintosh hardware. > : These projects *desperately* need one thing to succeed: information. > > : They need information about the specialized hardware and low-level > : driver software in the each Macintosh line. Until now, Apple has been > : slow to volunteer this information, and since the OpenMac projects > : are dedicated to the open exchange of information and source code, > : there is little likelihood of signing non-disclosure agreements. > > Apple should REALLY consider supporting this mailing list. They need all > the computer geeks on their side that they can get because when someone > who is not knowledgeable about computers is deciding which system to buy, > they turn to their friend, the computer geek, and if the computer geek > has bad things to say, Apple's lost another sale. Absolutely true! I'm not even a full-fledged geek and people ask me advice all the time about what to buy. There are plenty of *consumers* who would like to get purchase advice. -- Louis M. Pecora pecora@zoltar.nrl.navy.mil /* My views and opinions are not those of the U.S. Navy. If you want those, you have to start a war. */