mason@utcsri.UUCP (Dave Mason) (09/23/85)
On September 10 or 11 I posted a message to net.unix-wizards, net.arch,
and net.lan as a followup to a note about the Sigops conference. In this
note I suggested that there should be a net.os. The main reasons are that
currently operating systems discussions tend to get lost in unix-wizards,
a group that I have long ago been forced to drop through insufficient time
to wade through the junk/useful stuff for the operating system stuff I'm
really interested in.
I did not expect a strong response as many of the people who would read it
still subscribe to unix-wizards (and many would continue to do so even
after the creation of net.os). So far I have recieved 24 votes, all in
favour (not surprising). Many of those people said they had also been
forced to drop unix-wizards. This strikes me as sufficient to create the
group (Chuqui's calculations notwithstanding).
If you are for or against, feel free to mail me & I will include you in
my tally. In another week or two, I will trot out my numbers for the
Powers-That-Be to Pronounce-Upon. (I have a list of the people who voted,
they're all over the map.)
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