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From: fkittred@bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge)
Newsgroups: comp.os.mach
Subject: Re: comp.os.osf???
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Date: 2 Mar 91 02:56:22 GMT
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In article <193@idt.UUCP> vladan@idt.UUCP (Vladan Djakovic) writes:
>In article <2999@fai.UUCP>, georgeb@fai.UUCP (George Bosworth) writes:
>> Is there any newsgroup for OSF operating system news, such
>> as comp.os.osf?
>> 
>comp.os.osf is sound idea. If others are interested the formal procedure should
>be started.

comp.os.osf is a bad idea at this point.   Newsgroups should be started when
traffic in a subject reaches the point in current groups that it interferes
with the operations of those groups. Today, there is little traffic in
comp.os.mach, so adding a OSF/1 specific newsgroup is a mistake.

Later, if traffic justifies it, we should start the group.

regards,
fletcher
Fletcher Kittredge
Platforms and Tools Group, BBN Software Products
10 Fawcett Street,  Cambridge, MA. 02138
617-873-3465  /  fkittred@bbn.com  /  fkittred@das.harvard.edu