rcj@burl.UUCP (R. Curtis Jackson) (09/23/83)
To net.news readers -- I am moving this discussion to net.news.group where I should have started it in the first place. To net.news.group readers: I posted this article to net.news yesterday, and would like to add one clarification at the end to avoid my receiving 3000 letters that all say the same thing ---- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We already have net.bugs.xxx, where xxx is a flavor of Unix. Why not split up the HUMONGOUS net.unix-wizards into net.wiz.xxx or something similar, where the xxx is the flavor of Unix being referenced? Try this on for size: net.wiz ------ general non-flavor-specific Unix wizard articles net.wiz.xxx -- articles relating to the xxx flavor of Unix net.wiz.adm -- non-flavor-specific articles relating to Unix system administration (security stuff would go here, too) If you will send me replies via mail, I will gladly summarize, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CLARIFICATION: I DO realize that there are other (though not as good :-)) operating systems on the net. But Unix is the primary and net.unix.wiz.* would be too long if (as I believe) the 14-character-unique limit on newsgroup names is still in effect. Since there are relatively few people using non-Unix operating systems on the net, why not just have things like net.wiz.vms and net.wiz.dos or whatever and not worry about splitting them up since they don't have the traffic that Unix does. Thanks for your time, -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj