comp.sys.3b1? (was Re: Monthly posting about Unix-PC networ

[John R. MacMillan]

|From reading these postings, it seems to me that most of us are in
|agreement that using 3b1 instead of unix-pc is A Good Thing. Has there been
|any great outcry of disagreement? I haven't seen any. Do we need to keep
|beating this part of the discussion endlessly?

I agree.  Let's beat a new part.

First, I suggest we at least try to agree amongst ourselves before
going to a real CFD and vote, so that we present a (relatively) united
front.  I doubt we could win a vote if the unix-pc community is
divided.

Second, I haven't yet seen a list of the pros and cons of moving
unix-pc into comp.  I wasn't around at the beginning, so I don't know
why it hasn't always been there, but there must have been reasons for
creating the first alternate hierarchy.  Unless I get some sense that
those reasons don't hold anymore, I'm inclined to go with the ``if it
works, don't fix it'' school.

If we do move to comp, I would suggest the groups:

comp.sources.3b1
comp.sys.3b1 or comp.sys.3b1.general

The sources group would then fit with *all* the other sources groups
under comp.  I think it would be hard to win support for
comp.sys.3b1.sources because none of the other machine-centric groups
do it that way (take a look at the amiga groups, for instance).

As for the general group, blah.general would allow for easier
expansion under blah, but since we've never seen such expansion under
unix-pc, this is of questionable value.

One last thing: whether we move under comp or not, what do people
think of making the sources group ``loosely moderated''?  The
moderator would post any 3b1 source or patches, and just screen out
non-source postings.  Then we could use some sort of volume/issue
scheme like various other source groups, so you'd know when you missed
stuff, and to make it easier to archive, and easier to refer to stuff
(``That was in volume 2'' versus ``That was a while ago'').
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