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

[David H. Brierley]

In article <315 at sphere.UUCP> ruck at sphere.UUCP (John R Ruckstuhl Jr) writes:
>    via local telephone call to a friendly neighbor is preferred to a 
>    toll call or paid subscription to a service.  Some very, very,
>    generous individual in ?RI? once offered to call 3b1's that couldn't
>    get a local feed (did I really read that right?), but some of us

Well, that would be me.  Yes, you read correctly and the offer still stands.
I will provide a unix-pc feed to anyone that asks.  If you can call me that
is fine but if you cant that is fine also.  Note that if I call you the
offer is limited to unix-pc.* only, no other groups and no mail (except for
mail directly to someone on my machine).  I get a full unix-pc feed here
from a handle of sites around the country and my main feed gets their feed
from uunet.

I am a firm believer in alternate heirarchies but am willing to concede that
maybe we should consider creating a main stream group to talk about the
machines.  What I would like to ask people to do is to send me mail letting
me know their opinions about the following newsgroup proposals:

Proposal 1: Create a group called comp.sys.3b1 specifically for discussions
about the 3b1/7300.  One of the things we could do in this group is to have
a periodic posting that not only explained what the unix-pc.* groups were
but gave explicit instructions on how to obtain a feed if you did not
already have one.

Proposal 2: Move the unix-pc heirarchy into the mainstream by creating the
following groups:  comp.sys.3b1.general, comp.sys.3b1.sources,
comp.sys.3b1.uucp, and comp.sys.3b1.bugs.  Existing unix-pc.* sites would
then alias the old groups to the new names.

Proposal 3: No change.

If enough people respond that they want some form of mainstream group then I
will submit a formal call for discussion to news.announce.newgroups and we
can hash it out in detail.  If the overwhelming majority votes for no change
then I will consider the matter closed.
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