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From: mason@utcsri.UUCP (Dave Mason)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Creation of net.os
Message-ID: <1510@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 22:37:26 EDT
Article-I.D.: utcsri.1510
Posted: Thu Oct 17 22:37:26 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 17-Oct-85 22:41:53 EDT
Reply-To: mason@utcsri.UUCP (Dave mason)
Organization: University of Toronto/Ryerson Polytechnic Institute
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Keywords: new-groups, operating-systems
Summary: Lot's of people seem to want it

I have received 30 responses to my question of 3-4 weeks ago about the
advisability of creating net.os, all were in favour; many agreed that
having O/S stuff in net.unix-wizards was preposterous.

I hearby call on The-Powers-That-Be to create a net.os or net.opsys.
The few people who expressed a preference suggested net.os.  Some
have suggested that net.os.unix, net.os.vms, etc, might be a more
reasonable organization for current (or demanded) groups, but, given
inertia and history, I suspect this is unlikely.

I suggest that the description in the list-of-lists would be:
	net.os		Discussion of Operating System Principles/Features

(If TPTB require a list of those who voted, I could produce this, but suffice
to say that it covered the U.K. to Australia, Bell to Cornell)
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