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From: bpv9073@sjfc.UUCP (Brett VanSprewenburg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CALL FOR LOCAL DISCUSSION Revision 1: Split the c.s.a group more?
Summary: Comp.unix.amiga
Message-ID: <1120@sjfc.UUCP>
Date: 24 Oct 90 20:51:32 GMT
References: <1990Oct19.231315.11667@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <591@DIALix.oz.au>
Reply-To: bpv9073@sjfc.UUCP (Brett VanSprewenburg)
Organization: Saint John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
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In article <591@DIALix.oz.au> bernie@DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) writes:
>comp.sys.amiga.unix ........... Strongly disagree! see below
>
>OBJECTIONS:
>===========
>>comp.sys.amiga.unix

  [ Good objections deleted ]

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Bernd raises a good point concerning the restructuring of our beloved
c.s.a. The reasoning behind making the amiga unix group c.s.unix.amiga
makes good sense. 

Our great unknown wonder machine is just that: basically unknown;
especially in those Unix guru circles.  I know that we are fiercely
independent crowd and like to do things the 'Amiga way.' But this time
we should be with the rest of crowd, so that that fodder sees our
machine as at least the equal to theirs; by placing our Unix implementation
into the same nomenclature as others. 

If it is implementated the other, non-net-standard way, then anyone who
has not been a reader of c.s.a. will not know what it's all about.

"hmmm, comp.sys.amiga.unix, wonder if they might be porting some old
 BSD 4.2 code to that renegade platform..."
   ^^^This might be a typical reaction to someone not in the know.

However, comp.unix.amiga demands attention and places it with all the
other pc's running unix on a desktop.

There's my feelings on the Amiga Unix subject, for what it's worth.

I agree with basically all of Kent's other recomendations,
that dictator :), except .emulations. Do we really need this one....
I vote no; maybe I just don't see the need.

Layton...
                                  ==Brett==
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