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