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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!uunet!psgrain!hippo!ccml From: ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mike Lawrie) Subject: Re: 386bsd -- The New Newsgroup Message-ID: <1992Sep12.193346.2233@hippo.ru.ac.za> Keywords: newsgroup 386bsd news group Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa References: <1992Sep8.140141.10371@terminator.cc.umich.edu> <18iprpINNg6e@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Sep8.200625.2894@socrates.umd.edu> <veit.716026274@du9ds3> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 19:33:46 GMT Lines: 35 In <veit.716026274@du9ds3> veit@du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de (Holger Veit) writes: >In <1992Sep8.200625.2894@socrates.umd.edu> john@socrates.umd.edu (John VanAntwerp) writes: >>In article <18iprpINNg6e@agate.berkeley.edu> wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Jolitz) writes: >>> >>>As per Bill's suggestion, here's a breakdown of some of the suggested >>>topics and groups: >>> >>> comp.os.386bsd (general questions and trivia) >>> comp.os.386bsd.kernel (discussion on kernel content/structure) >>> comp.os.386bsd.windows (ditto, on windowing systems like X) >>> comp.os.386bsd.sharedlib (shared library and programming environment) >>> comp.os.386bsd.net (networking topics) >>> comp.os.386bsd.bugs (new bugs) >>> comp.os.386bsd.ann (announcements, fixes, additions) >>I think that this is a fine set of newsgroups... >> John >You should not multiply entities unless it is absolutely necessary >(free translation of William of Occam's well-known statement). Evolution is better than revolution - surely if _one_ newsgroup is handling (moderately well?) _all_ unix.bsd stuff, then there is no need to move to _six_ additional groups? One additional group will suffice until the test of time proves otherwise. Mike -- Mike Lawrie <ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za> Director, Computing Services ph +27 461 22023 x 279 Rhodes University, Drostdy Rd fx +27 461 25049 Grahamstown 6140, South Africa