From: utzoo!decvax!wivax!linus!allegra!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!mhuxa!mhb5b!cbosgd!mark
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Title: Re: Proposed net.standards group
Article-I.D.: cbosgd.3517
Posted: Fri May  6 15:09:30 1983
Received: Wed May 11 08:19:20 1983
References: <191@turtleva.UUCP>

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Date:Fri, 6-May-83 15:09:30 EDT
Organization:Bell Labs, Columbus

Re: net.std.unix as the proposed newsgroup name.

While in general I agree with his observations, I propose that we
call the first newsgroup net.std and carry on the UNIX standards
discussion there.  If discussion of multiple standards then starts
to occur in the main group, a subgroup can be branched off.  That
way, we don't wind up with more than one newsgroup if we only need
one, and we provide a place for new standards discussions to try
to start without actually creating a newsgroup that might not fly.

Why net.std?  net.standards.all is too long for older news implementations.
While 2.10 does exist and is not subject to this limit, it's too soon
to assume that 2.9 is all replaced, and notesfiles also has this limit.
Also, net.std is easier to type and seems as easy to read.

	Mark