comp.sys.3b1? (was Re: Monthly posting about Unix-PC network)
David H. Brierley
dave at galaxia.Newport.RI.US
Tue Nov 13 11:48:06 AEST 1990
In article <315 at sphere.UUCP> ruck at sphere.UUCP (John R Ruckstuhl Jr) writes:
> via local telephone call to a friendly neighbor is preferred to a
> toll call or paid subscription to a service. Some very, very,
> generous individual in ?RI? once offered to call 3b1's that couldn't
> get a local feed (did I really read that right?), but some of us
Well, that would be me. Yes, you read correctly and the offer still stands.
I will provide a unix-pc feed to anyone that asks. If you can call me that
is fine but if you cant that is fine also. Note that if I call you the
offer is limited to unix-pc.* only, no other groups and no mail (except for
mail directly to someone on my machine). I get a full unix-pc feed here
from a handle of sites around the country and my main feed gets their feed
from uunet.
I am a firm believer in alternate heirarchies but am willing to concede that
maybe we should consider creating a main stream group to talk about the
machines. What I would like to ask people to do is to send me mail letting
me know their opinions about the following newsgroup proposals:
Proposal 1: Create a group called comp.sys.3b1 specifically for discussions
about the 3b1/7300. One of the things we could do in this group is to have
a periodic posting that not only explained what the unix-pc.* groups were
but gave explicit instructions on how to obtain a feed if you did not
already have one.
Proposal 2: Move the unix-pc heirarchy into the mainstream by creating the
following groups: comp.sys.3b1.general, comp.sys.3b1.sources,
comp.sys.3b1.uucp, and comp.sys.3b1.bugs. Existing unix-pc.* sites would
then alias the old groups to the new names.
Proposal 3: No change.
If enough people respond that they want some form of mainstream group then I
will submit a formal call for discussion to news.announce.newgroups and we
can hash it out in detail. If the overwhelming majority votes for no change
then I will consider the matter closed.
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David H. Brierley
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