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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!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: <Proposal> Rename of the 386bsd groups Message-ID: <hastyCK07yI.E8w@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <ETLDNCN.94Jan21133424@paddington.ericsson.se> <CJzrsG.I6s@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1994Jan21.214820.10404@sophia.smith.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 23:59:06 GMT Lines: 52 In article <1994Jan21.214820.10404@sophia.smith.edu> jfieber@sophia.smith.edu (J Fieber) writes: >In article <CJzrsG.I6s@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, >Jim Pitts <pitts@mimosa.astro.indiana.edu> wrote: >>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'? > >Putting in "pc" isn't really appropriate for the broad platform >coverage goals of NetBSD. "freebsd" is inappropriate unless it >is thought necessary really separate it from NetBSD. It *is* fair >to call both systems net2 derived. (Then again, it is also fair >to call them both 386bsd derived...) > >Some options: > >comp no arguments >os/unix any opinions here? >net2/net2bsd/bsdnet2 ??? > >Does anybody think there is a reason to establish separete groups >for NetBSD and FreeBSD? I don't think so; the mailing lists work >just fine for the really specific discussions. > What we do need is more apps word processor, more solid support for MIME (user friendly interface for composition of MIME messages), spread sheet with graphic support, some fancy image/drawing tool (idraw and idoc does not cut it), etc... A cool sequencer for music composition will not be a bad idea since we have the linux sound driver capable of driving multiple sound cards simultaneously. I think that for the last two years we have put a ton of work on the OS is time now to put the OS to work for us :-) Cheers, Amancio -- FREE unix, gcc, tcp/ip, X, open-look, interviews, tcl/tk, MIME, midi, sound at freebsd.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD Amancio Hasty, Consultant | Home: (415) 495-3046 | e-mail hasty@netcom.com | ftp-site depository of all my work: ahasty@cisco.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/X