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From: mhw@lock60.UUCP (Mark H. Weber)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att,news.groups
Subject: Re: Removal of unix-pc groups
Summary: Oh no, not again, Bruce
Message-ID: <608@lock60.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 90 07:33:06 GMT
References: <58455@becker.UUCP> <27601FD3.6C20@tct.uucp> <1990Dec9.021006.1336@axis.dsg.ti.com> <60752@becker.UUCP>
Reply-To: mhw@lock60.Schuylkill.Canal.Org (Mark H. Weber)
Organization: Lock #60 on the Schuylkill Canal, Mont Clare, PA, USA
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In article <60752@becker.UUCP> bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker) writes:
>
>	    ...  I'd like to point out that the
>	unix-pc phenomenon has been remarkable in some
>	very important ways, perhaps uniquely. In being
>	able to support at a very high and progressive
>	level an obsoleted machine, a standard has been
>	set which can be applied in many other contexts.
>	This has such value that it ought to endure beyond
>	the life of the system which it started with.
>	Perhap the move to comp. has this possibility,
>	but it needs to be made more explicit or its
>	importance may be forgotten, which would be
>	tragic...
>

Mr. Becker has done it again - written something I can agree with :-)

I think that part of what's bothering him, and a few others (myself
included), is the assumption that the creation of a new unix-pc group
in the comp hierarchy can automatically be linked to a removal of
the unix-pc.* groups. This network was not created via the mainstream
group creation procedure. It was built one link at a time, and it'll
probably have to come apart the same way. If and when the new group
is established is the time to start local (unix-pc only) discussions
about removal of the old groups. For myself, I suspect I will continue 
to accept postings in the unix-pc hierarchy for a quite some time to
come. I think we need to make sure that the spirit gets transferred 
to the new group, not just the traffic.

Oh, yeah - Don't forget to vote. I haven't yet, but I will.

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