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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: New newsgroup comp.sys.amiga.system needed
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In article <9072@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes:
>Yes, I hate to say it, but the all-encompassing grand re-organization
>of comp.sys.amiga missed one.  It has been about six months since the
>re-organization passed, so I feel it is time to suggest one more
>group.
>
>A new group called comp.sys.amiga.system would be quite useful.
>
>This group would be for the discussion of operating system related
>things, such as all the KickStart/WorkBench concerns, shells, and so
>on.  It would also concern all those utilities such as backup
>programs, screen blankers, mouse accellerators, directory utilities,
>and so on that make the Amiga faster, easier, or safer without directly
>producing useful work.  The group would be unmoderated.
>
>Most of this sort of discussion is now ending up in
>comp.sys.amiga.misc, with some trickling into csa.applications and
>into csa.programmer.
>
>The so-called "name-space freaks" should like this one, as there
>already exists a comp.sys.mac.system, with (presumably) similar
>purposes.
>
>I do not have the resources to run a vote.  Do we have any volunteers
>to make a formal call for discussion (this note with a different
>Subject: line, I imagine) and call for votes?  I can think of a couple
>people who could do it, but they know who they are.
>
>           Dan Zerkle  zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu  (916) 754-0240
>           Amiga...  Because life is too short for boring computers.


	How about, in an effort to spread the Amigaoids far and
wide, comp.os.amiga? 8-) One thing is that "system" is a term the
Mac uses to refer to the OS. On the Amiga, the term system isn't
used. AmigaDOS and WorkBench are most common, followed by
Kickstart, Exec and ROM Kernal. I know that these aren't all
accurate, and in fact this newsgroup would probably cover them
all, but they are what most Amiga owners say.
	If not comp.os.amiga, probably comp.sys.amiga.os. But,
I'm no net.freak, I'll vote for either one. 8-) Don't forget
about comp.sys.amiga.when.is.2.0.being.released? 8-)
	-- Ethan

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