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From: alw@mit-eddie.UUCP (Alan Wu)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: net.os
Message-ID: <704@mit-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 18:10:33 EST
Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.704
Posted: Wed Dec 11 18:10:33 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Dec-85 07:38:05 EST
References: <2466@sjuvax.UUCP> <1594@utcsri.UUCP>
Reply-To: alw@mit-eddie.UUCP (Alan Wu)
Distribution: net
Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA
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Keywords: os, operating systems
Summary: Yes vote for net.os

There are enough interesting topics related to more than one operating system
to justify having a separate newgroup.  Having these topics buried under a
Un*x-specific group artificially restricts some of the debates and discussions
to just the Un*x diehards, and tends to exclude more diverse and interesting
viewpoints.  For example, "comparative anatomy" of different os's is a way
for the best features of a lesser-known os to become known and possibly 
incorporated into later versions of existing or to-be-written os's.  Topics
such as human engineering, relative performance, novice-vs-expert users, 
keyboard-vs-icon commands, and so forth could attract a wider audience if
there was a forum dedicated to such discussions.