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From: lark@greylock.tivoli.com (Lar Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Re: tetris and posting sources
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Date: 7 Jun 91 18:08:53 GMT
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Reply-To: lark@tivoli.com (Lar Kaufman)
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Let's not rehash this every couple of weeks.  It is the standard form
for small 
OS groups to post sources to the newsgroup, UUNET users notwithstanding.  

I do not see adequate volume to justify the formation of a sources group for 
Coherent at this time, but you are free to go through the RFD and CFV if you 
believe in the matter sufficiently.  

My opinion (for whatever it's worth as founder of comp.os.coherent) is that 
we would be much better off with a sources group for "small Unix" - and
a number 
of people have sent me email agreeing with that.  This would incorporate
sources 
for Minix, Coherent, and other OSes of a similar nature that do not have their 
own newsgroups, such as QNX.

I am not willing at this time to attend  to the work necessary to issue the 
request for discussion and call for votes, and do the vote counting.  If you 
are, all you have to do is have at it... (read the procedures for how to go 
about it in news.groups).  I think Peter Da Silva may be willing to do this 
very thing, but he is out of the country for a few weeks.  

In any case, this being Usenet, the "controlled anarchy that works", you 
need not be ashamed to post sources to this newsgroup.  On the other hand, 
if you waste bandwidth posting stuff of no general interest, or that does 
not work, or requires special software to extract, or whatever... a pox on you.

-lar

Lar Kaufman            I would feel more optimistic about a bright future
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lark@tivoli.com        and respecting her seniority.  - E.B. White