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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.unix.xenix,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: comp.unix.unix-at Intro and Charter (long)
Message-ID: <2628@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 01:37:23 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2628
Posted: Tue Oct 27 01:37:23 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 29-Oct-87 20:51:23 EST
References: <152@uwspan.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Keywords: microport newsgroup created soon unix-at
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In article <152@uwspan.UUCP> plocher@uwspan.UUCP (John Plocher) writes:
> 
>                             ...  All this was in place and tested when it
> was brought to my attention that using the name of a single distributer
> (Microport) to describe a group devoted to the product of many other
> distributers (Bell Tech, Intel, Interactive Systems...) was not a Good 
> Thing to do.  Because of this, the name was changed to:
> 
> 	comp.unix.unix-at
> 
>   This specifies that the OS is true Unix, and not Xenix (which has it's
> own group) for any of the machines like the AT.  Most of the 286 and
> 386 systems out there use the AT (I-BUS) for add on cards, so it was felt
> that this name was fitting.

Aw, come on and get real.  What is wanted is a group for the people who are
using "microport" unix, and feel that the problems and issues are different
enough from those of the xenix users.  I see no need to get religious about
it, people using microport under another name or something similar but
different can share the group untill their problems start to differentiate.

Please call this spade a spade.  This is even sillier than the original
"sys5" name.  Just because a name is descriptive of a commercial product
doesn't make it verboten.

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!grr
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