jdm@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (James D Mooney) (09/08/89)
In mid-July I posted a "call for discussion" for a possible new group devoted to the TRON project, to be called "comp.std.tron." Although dozens of postings about TRON had appeared during the previous month, I have seen no more than half a dozen since, only two of which were direct responses to the call for discussion. Therefore I conclude that there is not enough interest to proceed with a call for votes at this time. I apologize to anyone who may have been waiting for this call. Someone wondered if postings from Japan can freely reach USENET. We have seen some successful postings, but often delayed by several weeks. I guess this is still an open question. There has been some renewed discussion since NTT announced that it is requiring use of TRON operating systems. If TRON discussion picks up, as I think it will eventually, I will try again to form a TRON newsgroup. Meanwhile, I suggest that TRON discussion be directed to the most appropriate group depending on the specific topic: comp.arch TRON CPU, buses, etc. comp.os.misc TRON operating systems comp.realtime Realtime aspects of TRON systems comp.std.misc TRON as a collection of standards soc.culture.japan cultural or political issues comp.misc anything else about TRON NOTE: this message is being posted to all relevant groups. Please direct any replies to a single group if possible (I read them all). Jim Mooney Dept. of Stat. & Computer Science (304) 293-3607 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 INTERNET: jdm@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu
mark@cblpf.ATT.COM (Mark Horton) (09/12/89)
In article <436@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> jdm@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (James D Mooney) writes: >Someone wondered if postings from Japan can freely reach USENET. We >have seen some successful postings, but often delayed by several weeks. >I guess this is still an open question. My understanding (somewhat out of date and from fuzzy memory) is that the software is fully capable of sending out postings, but that Japanese etiquette says that it is impolite for a random individual to post to a worldwide forum without first getting permission from someone very high up, such as the president of the company. I do believe that Japan *receives* nearly everything on Usenet. There may be some automated software on gateways to force postings to go through a moderator, which may involve a delay of weeks for paper to be approved by a very busy person. I can't recall whether this applies to email as well. I have received some email from Japan, but this may be the exception rather than the rule.