bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker) (11/30/90)
In article <1990Nov27.020902.24994@cs.ucla.edu> kirkaas@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (paul kirkaas) writes: |In article <55543@becker.UUCP> bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker) writes: |>This is a polite but firm request to stop crossposting |>into "unix-pc.general" articles which pertain to 6386's, |>6300's, etc. |> |>The "unix-pc" newsgroups discuss only the AT&T 3B1, |>a Motorola CPU-based system. |> |>Thanks for your co-operation, | |Yet another example the benefits of "comp.sys.3b1" Nonsense. "comp.sys.3b1" is unnecessary and probably harmful. I for one will likely vote against it. It's more important to fix the distribution problems of "unix-pc", which doesn't seem nearly as big a job as some folks imagine. I hereby join the crowd offering to feed "unix-pc" to anyone who requests it... Cheers, -- ,u, Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario a /i/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `\o\-e UUCP: ...!uunet!mnetor!becker!bdb _< /_ "I still have my phil-os-o-phy" - Meredith Monk
dave@dms3b1.uucp (Dave Hanna) (12/01/90)
In article <57529@becker.UUCP> bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker) writes: >In article <1990Nov27.020902.24994@cs.ucla.edu> kirkaas@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (paul kirkaas) writes: >|In article <55543@becker.UUCP> bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker) writes: [ request to stop "Unix on a PC" cross-postings" ] >| >|Yet another example the benefits of "comp.sys.3b1" > > Nonsense. "comp.sys.3b1" is unnecessary and > probably harmful. I for one will likely > vote against it. Why do you consider it harmful? > It's more important to fix the distribution > problems of "unix-pc", which doesn't seem > nearly as big a job as some folks imagine. How would you propose to do that? If I'm a leaf node (which many 3b1's are), n hops down from some "backbone" (say n > 2 or 3), and that backbone refuses to carry non-mainstream groups, how do I fix that? First of all, to the casual user, it'll take a while to be aware that I have a problem, because I will be getting some traffic in unix-pc, namely, that which is cross-posted to comp.sys.att. Once I'm aware of it, it will take some considerable sleuthing to find where the problem is, as was pointed out by the poster that started this discussion. > > I hereby join the crowd offering to feed > "unix-pc" to anyone who requests it... That's great for anyone a local phone call from Toronto, but many 3b1's are 1) not close to any of those that have offered feeds, and 2) private individuals who don't have corporate budgets to pay for daily long distance calls to a remote site. I'm fortunate: I'm in a metropolitan area with several well-connected sites available to provide me with feeds. But there are many who are not in that situation. We're now in a "Call For Discussion" period - let's leave the discussion in news.groups where it belongs. > ,u, Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario -- Dave Hanna, Infotouch Systems, Inc. | "Do or do not -- There is no try" P.O. Box 584, Bedford, TX 76095 | - Yoda (214) 358-4534 (817) 540-1524 | UUCP: ...!letni!dms3b1!dave |