Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!uunet!mcsun!ukc!strath-cs!glasgow!bru-cc!eesrajm From: eesrajm@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Andrew J Michael) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: comp.os.minix splitup Keywords: Quite happy as it is, thanks Message-ID: <2043@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk> Date: 16 Mar 91 17:57:11 GMT References: <2042@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk> Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK Lines: 48 In article <2042@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk>, eesrajm@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Andrew J Michael) writes: > > > Just to add my 5p worth (that's inflation for you) - > > I'm quite happy with things as they are. Surely the amount of traffic isn't > really causing anyone real problems ? > > Leave it as it is, please. > > > Andy Michael > Whoops - really a few too many reals there, I really think ..... More seriously, though ... It seems that the idea to split the group into CPU types has died a death, thankfully. On the grounds of compatability this is a good thing, IMHO. We already have people re-inventing the wheel because the PC people don't know that the ST people have already done it, and vice versa. (Two examples of this are format and virtual screens, in case anyone is wondering). I'd like to see MINIX reach the same state as most Unixes where the underlying hardware is pretty well irrelevant. MINIX 1.5 was a good move in this direction - let's keep it that way and not move apart again, please. This leaves the question of splitting the newsgroup on source and non-source lines. As I see it, the proposal to split the group is because some people don't like seeing all the "Where can I buy MINIX" articles. I agree that they can be a pain sometimes, but what happens if all the 'serious' MINIX people only look at the sources group ? Will all the enquirers just be ignored ? I'm sorry, but I don't see that the traffic is anywhere high enough to justify a split at present. Andy Michael -- Andy Michael "You might think that. I 85 Hawthorne Crescent couldn't possibly comment." West Drayton - `House of Cards' Middlesex email: eesrajm@brunel.ac.uk UB7 9PA or Andrew.Michael@brunel.ac.uk