call for discussion: how should these U**X/*86 newsgroups be named?

[W. Fred Rump]

In article <51 at volition.dec.com>, vixie at decwrl.dec.com (Paul Vixie) writes:
[ In article <101 at jetson.UPMA.MD.US[ john at jetson.UPMA.MD.US (John Owens) writes:
[ #     comp.unix.i286
[ #     comp.unix.i386
[ 
[       comp.unix.microport     destroy
[       comp.unix.xenix         destroy
[ 
[       comp.unix.sysv.i286     new group, moderated if some silly person
[                               volunteers; for discussion of all 286 UNIX
[                               System V software.  (286 UNIX variants are
[                               more like eachother than they are like any-
[                               thing else.)
[ 
[       comp.unix.sysv.i386     new group, moderated if some idiot wants the
[                               job.  rationale similar to .i286 above.  I
[                               will dissolve (mostly) my info-386ix at vixie
[                               mailing list if this is created; I withdraw
[                               my previous offer to moderate the group, tho.
[ 
[ Paul Vixie
[ Digital Equipment Corporation Work:  vixie at dec.com    Play:  paul at vixie.UUCP
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[ Palo Alto, California, USA      +1 415 853 6600          +1 415 864 7013

On an evening when Mr Bush tells us of his plans to save humanity it seems a
weighty matter to discuss whether to Xenix or Microport.

Take our case, we develop and market Xenix code on and for Intel CPUs.  Now,
while it cockles the heart to hear (imaginatively) the screams of anguish from
the many lovers of the tiny port on this net, what would they say in front of
the world?  While Mr Woods from Canada would be flaming fractious frenzy
against Xenix (because nothing works for him), he would be joined by all
those little porters to cheer him on for the cause of righteousness.  Equal
bugs for all and all that.

No really, while it's somewhat amusing to peak in on the Microport flames, a
daily diet of it would be unpalatable.

Maybe later guys. When all is well with compatibility and 3.2, when the world
has come to terms with Unix, maybe then we can have a generic CPU group. Of
course, by then I expect the 286's of the world to be as obsolete as the 8088.
It'll run. Even OS/2. But who'll want to use it except to play with?

I don't know how or by whom these things get decided, but my vote would be to
leave a bad situation alone for the time being. Next Spring let's talk again.


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