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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!mimosa.astro.indiana.edu!pitts From: pitts@mimosa.astro.indiana.edu (Jim Pitts) Subject: Re: <Proposal> Rename of the 386bsd groups Message-ID: <CJzrsG.I6s@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: mimosa.astro.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University Astronomy Department References: <ETLDNCN.94Jan21133424@paddington.ericsson.se> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 18:09:52 GMT Lines: 25 In article <ETLDNCN.94Jan21133424@paddington.ericsson.se>, <etldncn@paddington.ericsson.se> wrote: >Hi BSD fans, > >I have a suggestion. Why not rename all the comp.os.386bsd groups to >comp.unix.pc.net2bsd or comp.unix.net2bsd? > Why 'net2bsd'? Why not 'freebsd'? Names like these might just generate more of the same confusion it was to avoid. I don't have any suggestions for names at this time, but I will try to think of sometiong to add. >P.S I am not attempting to start a flame war. Ditto here. I think this is a good idea, I just want to discuss it. -- - pitts@mimosa.astro.indiana.edu ^ | James J. Pitts - - Most people are sheep. /@\ | IU Physics Dept - - Only a select few are fit to rule. / \ | Voice: 812-855-8247 - - We are The Bavarian Illuminati. /_____\ | FAX : 812-855-5533 -