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From: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,news.groups
Subject: Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.tech -- CALL FOR VOTES
Summary: Now's a good time to get the ibm out!
Message-ID: <351@octopus.UUCP>
Date: 15 Sep 88 18:22:21 GMT
References: <1198@unmvax.unm.edu> <14134@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <345@apexepa.UUCP>
Reply-To: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
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In article <345@apexepa.UUCP> gary@apexepa.UUCP (Gary Wisniewski) writes:
>Since the general sentiment seems to be in favor of a comp.sys.ibm.pc.tech
>group, I would be glad to collect votes to see if we can collect the
>required minimum.

Now that it is completely obvious that IBM is no longer leading the pack of
PC-compatible computer manufacturers, I submit that it is time to begin
a long overdue correction to the Usenet namespace.

Let's make the new group comp.sys.pc.tech, or maybe even comp.sys.dos.tech,
since we don't really discuss *nix on PC's, nor OS/2 (much). I'd prefer
the simple 'pc', since most everyone knows what that means. Apples,
Amigas, Ataris, etc are rarely confused with 'pc's, so I don't see a
problem with taking the name for the PC-and-compatibles marketplace. I
suppose we could use 'isa' (Industry-Standard-Architecture), but that makes
me gag.

Pete
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