Call for discussion: COMP.SYS.IBM.RISC6000

[Fridrik Skulason]

Call for discussion: COMP.SYS.IBM.RISC6000

The creation of the newsgroup described below has already been discussed in
comp.arch and comp.unix.aix.  As the replies to the original articles were
generally positive, I am posting a formal call for discussion, which
will probably be followed later by a call for votes, according to the
guidelines.

The suggested name for the group is COMP.SYS.IBM.RISC6000.  Several other
names have been discussed:

        comp.sys.ibm.6000    rejected because of potential problems with
                             news software (name starting with a number)

        comp.sys.ibm.rs6000  original suggestion - withdrawn because of
                             a request from IBM.

        comp.sys.ibm.r6000   Too confusing, as another company produces a
                             computer labelled R6000.

        comp.sys.ibm.power    \
        comp.sys.ibm.rios      \  possible alternatives.    
        comp.sys.ibm.risc6k    /
        comp.sys.ibm.s6000    /

Charter: This group will be dedicated to IBM RISC SYSTEM/6000 related
discussion. It is expected to carry similar postings as other comp.sys.*
groups do - a mixture of hardware and software-related postings.

Status: I suggest that the group be unmoderated.  If a strong demand for
moderation appears, and a moderator can be found (I am most certainly not
volunteering), I will propose the creation of a moderated group.

The newsgroups expected to be affected by the creation of this group are:

        comp.arch - occasional crossposting of hardware-related articles may
                    be expected.

        comp.unix.aix - some crossposting of AIX-related articles expected.

        comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt - the RS/6000 material is expected to disappear.
        
In addition, the BITNET list POWER-L (which is currently available as 
bit.listserv.power-l) might be combined with the proposed group later.

-frisk

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