rja@edison.cho.ge.com (rja) (08/13/90)
A month or so back there was some formal discussion about renaming comp.binaries.ibm.pc to be comp.binaries.msdos and at the same time renaming comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d to be comp.binaries.msdos.d Originally this was proposed as part of a package that included creating equivalent comp.sources.* groups for MSDOS and OS/2, but it seems opportune to at least rename these two groups to be consistent with the rest of the IBM PC newsgroups and comp.binaries.os2 which already exists. I've talked with the current moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc (Bill Davidsen) and he has indicated that he doesn't object to the renaming of the group. The sources groups never had any opposition, but neither did they have a strong following. I'd like to propose that if the comp.binaries.windows thing ever comes to a vote, that the proposal below be handled as part of the same voting cycle but as an independent yea/nay item. Formal Proposal: old name: comp.binaries.ibm.pc comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d new name: comp.binaries.msdos comp.binaries.msdos.d Discussion of this idea should appear in news.groups only. -- ______________________________________________________________________________ Internet (vastly preferable) : rja@edison.CHO.GE.COM UUCP (if you've got no choice): ...uunet!virginia!edison!rja ------------------------------------------------------------------------------