Xref: utzoo news.groups:26547 comp.unix.internals:1469 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!fed.expres.cs.cmu.edu!jgm From: jgm@fed.expres.cs.cmu.edu (John G. Myers) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: comp.unix.* results Message-ID: <11409@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Date: 15 Dec 90 05:47:51 GMT References: Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 17 I fail to understand Laird's math. According to his post, the votes were: The voting tallies for the respective categories were: comp.unix.esoterica 61 comp.unix.esoterica only 16 comp.unix.internals 61 comp.unix.wizards 144 comp.unix.wizards only 19 That makes 144+19= 163 votes for wizards and 16+61=77 against, making the proposal fail the 100-vote margin by 14 votes. -- _.John G. Myers Internet: jgm@fed.expres.cs.cmu.edu (412) 268-2984 LoseNet: ...!seismo!ihnp4!wiscvm.wisc.edu!give!up "It's not bogus, It's an IBM standard" --Esther Filderman