Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!emory!utkcs2!nall From: nall@cs.utk.edu (John Nall) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: comp.os.minix split up Message-ID: <1991Apr5.142156.9792@cs.utk.edu> Date: 5 Apr 91 14:21:56 GMT References: <1991Apr02.040413PM.8984@demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@cs.utk.edu (USENET News Poster) Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - CS Department Lines: 15 In article <1991Apr02.040413PM.8984@demon.co.uk> snowboots@cix.compulink.co.uk (Andrew Bray) writes: >There seems to be a lot of discussion on this subject, and ast for >one seems to be totally against it. However, I would argue that there >is one overriding argument in favour of some kind of split up: > >Assistance for archive sites. [ discussion material deleted] The trouble with this argument is that it is not being made by the people who maintain the archive sites. If they, as a group, say it needs to be done, and should be done, then I for one would be all for it. But it seems to me, if I recall correctly, that some of the best arguments against it have come FROM archive site guys! John Nall