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From: mason@utcsri.UUCP (Dave Mason)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Creation of net.os or net.opsys
Message-ID: <1427@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 14:39:16 EDT
Article-I.D.: utcsri.1427
Posted: Mon Sep 23 14:39:16 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Sep-85 15:19:59 EDT
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Organization: University of Toronto/Ryerson Polytechnic Institute
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Summary: vote running 24-0 as of 85.09.23

On September 10 or 11 I posted a message to net.unix-wizards, net.arch,
and net.lan as a followup to a note about the Sigops conference.  In this
note I suggested that there should be a net.os.  The main reasons are that
currently operating systems discussions tend to get lost in unix-wizards,
a group that I have long ago been forced to drop through insufficient time
to wade through the junk/useful stuff for the operating system stuff I'm
really interested in.

I did not expect a strong response as many of the people who would read it
still subscribe to unix-wizards (and many would continue to do so even
after the creation of net.os).  So far I have recieved 24 votes, all in
favour (not surprising).  Many of those people said they had also been
forced to drop unix-wizards.  This strikes me as sufficient to create the
group (Chuqui's calculations notwithstanding).

If you are for or against, feel free to mail me & I will include you in
my tally.  In another week or two, I will trot out my numbers for the
Powers-That-Be to Pronounce-Upon.  (I have a list of the people who voted,
they're all over the map.)

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