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From: morgan@jessica.Stanford.EDU (RL "Bob" Morgan)
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Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION ' comp.sys.netware'
Keywords: novell, netware, protocols, lan
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Date: 27 Dec 89 20:01:08 GMT
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> Issues to be resolved are:
>   o What, if any, type of group to create.

I wholeheartedly support the creation of such a group.  The
Netware-related traffic in comp.dcom.lans alone is more than enough to
justify such a group.  I'm gald to see someone at Novell (even if it's
really excelan.com) taking the bull by the horns.

>   o What to call this group:               comp.sys.netware

I suggest "comp.os.netware".  It appears to me that if "comp.sys.xyz"
is a group, "xyz" is a type of hardware or a manufacturer of hardware.
Netware is fundamentally an operating system: it provides a kernel
that manages processor, storage, and communication resources,
utilities for use and management of same, etc.  But then I'm one of
the dwindling number of traditionalists who think that "local area
network" describes something, mostly hardware, that allows frames of
data to be transmitted among multiple local stations, not software
that provides file service, print service, mail service, etc.

>   o Whether the group should be moderated: NO.

I agree.

>   o The group's charter:       see above, please discuss revisions.

Looks good to me.

 - RL "Bob" Morgan
   Networking Systems
   Stanford