Xref: utzoo news.groups:19108 comp.unix.i386:3835 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!grumbly!root From: root@grumbly.UUCP (Superuser) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: New group comp.unix.sco Message-ID: <16@grumbly.UUCP> Date: 29 Mar 90 04:21:03 GMT References: <209@pcssc.UUCP> <1990Mar26.213809.26999@ico.isc.com> <212@pcssc.UUCP> <15292@bfmny0.UU.NET> <15@grumbly.UUCP> Reply-To: root@grumbly.UUCP (Superuser) Followup-To: news.groups Organization: Pleasure Point Night Fighters Lines: 37 In article <15@grumbly.UUCP> root@grumbly.UUCP (Superuser) writes: ->In article <15292@bfmny0.UU.NET> tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes: ->->Dick Dunn is exactly right, regardless of his employer. We do not need ->->a separate SCO products newsgroup. There are a number of classic ->->reasons for collecting articles in a newsgroup, but "because XYZ is the ->->vendor" is not a good one. If SCO wants to start a support mailing list ->->they can and should. In the meantime, topics should be grouped by ->->functionality, not nameplate. Yes, crossposting is sometimes necessary ->->and appropriate. That's what it was invented for! It happens all the ->->time with all kinds of vendors' products. SCO is nothing special. ->-> ->->Keep in mind that Interactive sells other things too, as do many other ->->vendors. If comp.unix.interactive were proposed, I would vote against ->->that too, and I would expect to see Dick Dunn's vote next to my own. ->->(Unless the vote counter did an alpha sort :-) ) Sorry if I duped. What about comp.unix.aix, c.u.aux, c.u.cray, c.u.ultrix, c.u.MICROPORT SCO has a bigger base than any of these, but thats not the reason people want a sco group. It is to cut down confusion - and there is confusion. You don't have to subscribe! SCO has no involvement with these groups - and it shouldn't, except to read it and answer questions when they can. That is a bad idea to have a company sponsered newsgroup/newsletter. rbd -- /// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > 0 0 Richard Ducoty ..uunet!grumbly!root > Capitola, Calif root@grumbly.com `