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From: mguyott@mirror.TMC.COM (Marc Guyott)
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Call for discussion: comp.windows.ms
Message-ID: <17956@mirror.TMC.COM>
Date: 12 Sep 88 15:00:02 GMT
Reply-To: mguyott@prism.TMC.COM (Marc Guyott)
Organization: Mirror Systems, Cambridge Mass.
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The number of postings concerning Microsoft Windows in the comp.windows.misc
and comp.sys.ibm.pc groups seems to be on the increase these days.  Several
people in these groups have mentioned that a comp.windows.ms news group my
be appropriate for these postings.  Well...

Being a bit naive 8-) about how one starts a news group I volunteered to
count votes to see if there was enough enthusiasm to warrent a comp.windows.ms
news group.  However...

Someone pointed out to me that I should look at news.groups to see what is
involved in creating a new news group.  Based on what I have seen in
news.groups I have realized that it is too soon to be calling for a vote on
comp.windows.ms.  So...

What does everyone think about creating a new news group for discussion of
Microsoft Windows issues?  Should it be called comp.windows.ms?  Does it make
more sense to create a news group called comp.windows.ibm.pc and include
MS Windows, the OS/2 Presentation Manager, GEM, etc?

I prefer comp.windows.ms for MS Windows and the creation of comp.windows.os2,
etc. for other windows operating systems/environments.  Any other thoughts?

                                                  Marc
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