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From: bp@nyit.UUCP (Bruce Perens)
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Subject: Creating a net.<something>.os9 or a mod.os9
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Date: Fri, 15-Nov-85 22:22:29 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 15 22:22:29 1985
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> Like the Mormons of eld, the OS-9 contingent keeps finding new homes
> on the Usenet and then being chased out.  I'd like to chase them out
> of net.micro.68k

I'd like to create a mod.os9 or a net.<something>.os9 . I'd like
to know if the backbone administrators would feel better with a
moderated newsgroup, or if a net... group is OK for a medium-load
newsgroup.

I think a moderated newsgroup would be to the advantage those who
are interested in OS-9, as the moderated groups aren't subject
to the same pressure some un-moderated newsgroups are feeling
from the backbone administrators. And moderated groups don't
move flames like the one David Kosower recently posted to these
groups (see <500@harvard.ARPA>). OS-9 devotees, is a moderated group
OK with you?

OS-9 is important because it is a smaller, cleaner alternative to
UNIX. There are lots of applications where UNIX would be overkill,
and OS-9 fits nicely. And the small OS-9 systems that run on hardware
like the CoCo are great learning tools - where else can you get a
system with C, a UNIX-like environment, and an OS that's easy
to modify for under $1000.

OS-9 news is important to me. I am volunteering to moderate an OS-9
newsgroup if the consensus of the OS-9 devotees and the
backbone administrators is that such a newsgroup should be created.

			Bruce Perens
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