Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site bu-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!bu-cs!root From: root@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.sources,net.micro,net.decus,net.wanted Subject: Re: Why net.decus won't work Message-ID: <688@bu-cs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-Sep-85 14:50:18 EDT Article-I.D.: bu-cs.688 Posted: Sat Sep 28 14:50:18 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Sep-85 01:32:40 EDT References: <220@stl.UUCP> <196@graffiti.UUCP> <398@greipa.UUCP>, <406@brl-sem.ARPA> Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci. Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.news.group:3858 net.sources:3534 net.micro:12155 net.decus:189 net.wanted:7254 Actually, the reason why INFO-VAX is probably sufficient for INFO-VMS is contained in the request for a new newsgroup itself: > ...VMS is not the only > operating system DEC supports. Even for the VAX there's VaxELAN; (I didn't omit anything relevant I don't think.) Note the omission of ULTRIX. I see this over and over again (eg. recent flames about various DECUS mailings/questionairres omitting any reference to ULTRIX.) No major judgement here, I just think that INFO-VAX is probably covering the VMS topic well enough and a new newsgroup would probably just confuse things. Besides, I suspect there is a huge movement away from the VAX by UNIX users so the trend will probably be stronger in the future (VAX users becoming primarily VMS users.) -Barry Shein, Boston University Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com