[news.groups] comp.sys.cisco -- Summary of discussion so far

tli@phakt.usc.edu (Tony Li) (01/23/90)

Group: comp.sys.cisco
Charter: Vendor specific discussion about products from cisco systems Inc.
Management: The group will be unmoderated.

Discussion started: 11 Jan 1990

Issues:

Naming	Many have suggested that the name be comp.dcom.cisco.  This
	seems to be an appropriate name, but is inconsistent with
	other groups, such as comp.sys.proteon.  We have not yet
	reached general agreement on this issue, and need to have
	further discussion of this issue posted to news.groups.
	Another possibility for a name is comp.dcom.sys.cisco.  

Charter	Others point out that there is a need for a general group
	which is appropriate for general discussions of networking
	hardware (e.g. routers, brouters, terminal servers, bridges,
	etc.).  While this is a good idea, this seems to be orthogonal
	to the original subject of a cisco-specific group.  If someone
	else would like to propose a group and a name, please feel
	free to do so.  This issue seems to be resolved.

Gateway	There has been much discussion (mostly privately) about
	setting up a gateway between this group and the Internet
	mailing list.  This also seems to be orthogonal to the
	creation of the proposed group.  This issue also seems to be
	resolved.  

Management
	There has been no discussion about the original proposal of an
	unmoderated group.  Silence is assent, so this issue is
	considered resolved.
Tony Li - USC Computer Science Department
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