GUCME@SEGUC11.BITNET (Matz Engstroem) (02/09/90)
As many other university sites, we are very interested in the new operating system AIX/370 and TCF. Is there any mailing list about this. .----------------------------------------------------------------------. | Matz Engstroem | Phone : +46 31 81 07 20 | | Gothenburg Universities' | Telefax : +46 31 18 50 06 | | Computing Centre | Telex : GUCS21770 | | Box 19070 | E-Mail : GUCME@SEGUC21.BITNET | | S-400 12 Gothenburg | or : GUCME@GD.CHALMERS.SE | | Sweden | VM-files : GUCME@SEGUC11.BITNET | | Visiting adress:Kapellgaangen 5 | MVS-files: GUCME@SEGUC21.BITNET | '----------------------------------------------------------------------'
CHUCK@NCSUVM.BITNET (Chuck Kesler) (02/09/90)
>As many other university sites, we are very interested in the new >operating system AIX/370 and TCF. Is there any mailing list about this. There is an AIX-in-general mailing list (AIX-L@PUCC), but the large majority of traffic on that list concerns AIX on PS/2's and the like. If there seems to be a need for it and there is enough interest, I'm willing to start up a AIX370-L mailing list on NCSUVM. Send your votes to ME, not the list. Although there are sites that are running AIX/370 right now, evidently they aren't really allowed to talk about the product yet because they are part of an early-test program -- at least according to what I found out when I asked about the status of AIX/370 on AIX-L about a month ago. This would probably inhibit any 'true experiences' discussion on an AIX370-L mailing list. Does anybody else think that IBM should have chosen a different name for AIX/370? 'AIX' has gotten a VERY bad reputation on this campus because of the PC RT debacle. It's a shame, because most everything I've heard about AIX/370 thus far has been positive... -Chuck
GETTES@PUCC.BITNET (Michael R. Gettes) (02/09/90)
On Fri, 9 Feb 90 08:43:38 EST Chuck Kesler said: >There is an AIX-in-general mailing list (AIX-L@PUCC), but the large >majority of traffic on that list concerns AIX on PS/2's and the like. >If there seems to be a need for it and there is enough interest, I'm >willing to start up a AIX370-L mailing list on NCSUVM. Send your votes >to ME, not the list. The description of the AIX-L list states the discussion is intended for the area of AIX 370. Since AIX 370 is not exactly popular, for lack of better terminology ;-), a good deal of discussion has been in the area of the other AIX systems. Please keep AIX-L for the purpose it was intended when AIX 370 becomes generally available. /mrg
CHUCK@NCSUVM.BITNET (Chuck Kesler) (02/13/90)
Michael Gettes wrote: >The description of the AIX-L list states the discussion is intended >for the area of AIX 370. Since AIX 370 is not exactly popular, for >lack of better terminology ;-), a good deal of discussion has been >in the area of the other AIX systems. Please keep AIX-L for the purpose >it was intended when AIX 370 becomes generally available. I certainly don't want to undermine the purpose of AIX-L by starting up an AIX370-L. But, this situation does demonstrate one of those age-old problems: I'm subscribed to AIX-L solely to get info on AIX/370. Because there is very little info to be had on AIX/370 at this time, this means that maybe one in a hundred postings are of interest to me. Meanwhile, I happily discard those other 99 on PS/2 AIX and RT AIX, because I could care less about those subjects. But that also means that a fair amount of network resources have been wasted in shipping those 99 articles that I cared nothing about to me. Is there any way to address this type of problem without segregating the list? -Chuck
TROTH@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (Rick Troth) (02/13/90)
> ... I'm subscribed to AIX-L solely to get info on AIX/370. >Because there is very little info to be had on AIX/370 at this time, >this means that maybe one in a hundred postings are of interest to me. >Meanwhile, I happily discard those other 99 on PS/2 AIX and RT AIX, >because I could care less about those subjects. Perhaps your subscription was premature, since there just isn't much to be said about AIX/370 yet. But much of what I've seen on AIX-L is (presumably) common to all AIX platforms, things like porting GNU software, etc. > But that also means >that a fair amount of network resources have been wasted in shipping >those 99 articles that I cared nothing about to me. Is there any way >to address this type of problem without segregating the list? Maybe you should "subscribe" to AIX-L from the "news" side instead of receiving it as mail. I'm really thankful that AIX-L is one of those all-too-few discussions that's well joined between "mail" and "news". Is that still true MRG? "Campers, for your own safety, please DO NOT feed the bears." Rick Troth <TROTH@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU> ------------- Rice ONCS VM Systems Support
GETTES@PUCC.BITNET (Michael R. Gettes) (02/13/90)
On Mon, 12 Feb 90 12:43:25 CST Rick Troth said: > Maybe you should "subscribe" to AIX-L from the "news" side >instead of receiving it as mail. I'm really thankful that AIX-L is >one of those all-too-few discussions that's well joined between "mail" >and "news". Is that still true MRG? Actually, this was not done. I have not had time and I thought joining AIX-L with comp.sys.aix and I am hesitant to join them since comp.sys.aix is so oriented to the non-370 environment. I am inclined to leave things as is for now. Yes, there is a NEWSGROUPS keyword on AIX-L to allow for news readers on BITNET to subscribe to the list. /mrg