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Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.*

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At 6 Feb 2011 20:32:51 +0100 Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> wrote:

> 
> On comp.os.linux.misc, Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> wrote:
> 
> > There is a proposal currently in news.announce.newgroups to remove 198
> > unmoderated newsgroups all across the BIG8. Because of the magnitude
> > of the group list the proposal is not crossposted to target groups.
> > Instead pointers are posted to a few selected groups.
> >
> > The full text of the proposal is available here:
> >
> >   http://www.big-8.org/wiki/Nan:2011-02-01-rfd-great-downsizing
> >   http://groups.google.com/group/news.announce.newgroups/msg/091abc69fd45436b
> >
> > Affected groups that might interest you:
> >
> > comp.os.chorus		CHORUS microkernel issues, research and developments.
> > comp.os.inferno		The Inferno network operating system from Lucent.
> > comp.os.lantastic		The LANtastic network operating system.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.apps.comm		MS-Windows communication applications.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.apps.compatibility.win95		Running DOS&Win3 apps in Win95.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities.win3x		Utility/add-on programs for Win3.x.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.mail		Winsock email applications.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.news		Winsock news applications.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.networking.ras		Windows RAS networking.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy		Windows NT advocacy arguments.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.nt.pre-release		Unreleased and beta Windows NT versions.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware		Windows NT hardware setup.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.pre-release		Pre-release/beta versions of Windows.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.multimedia		Multimedia programming.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.owl		OWL-based development for Windows.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.winhelp		WinHelp/Multimedia Viewer development.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win3x		Setup, hardware, and driver issues in Win3.x.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95		Setup, hardware, and driver issues in Win95.
> > comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup		Setup and Configuration of Windows 95.
> > comp.os.msdos.mail-news		Administering mail & network news systems under MS-DOS.
> > comp.os.netware.security		Netware Security issues.
> > comp.os.os2.comm		Modem/Fax hardware/drivers/apps/utils under OS/2.
> > comp.os.os2.programmer.oop		Programming system objects (SOM, WPS, etc).
> > comp.os.os2.scitech		Real-time, engineering/CAD, sciences, etc.
> > comp.os.parix		Forum for users of the parallel operating system PARIX.
> > comp.os.xinu		The XINU operating system from Purdue (D. Comer).
> 
> >
> > If you have any objections, please make them heard in moderated
> > group news.groups.proposals. The "Followup-To:" header is set
> > on this message, so simply replying to this post should do the
> > right thing.
> >
> > --
> 
> This is comp.os.linux.misc
> 
> Why the hell would we care about a bunch of Windows groups?

Near the bottom of the list is 'comp.os.xinu'.  XINU is a 'toy'
UNIX-ish operating system and is mostly useful as a system to study if
one is interested in learning just how a *UNIX* flavored kernel works. 
Eg. before one 'dives' into the Linux kernel (read: "deep end"), one
can look at xinu (read: "kiddie pool" / "shallow end").  Why all of the
mess windows groups have been 'lumped' with the few others is strange
(to me).

> 
> I wouldn't allow that crap OS on any box I own.

And no, I have never owned a system running any flavor of mess-windows. 
And never will.

> 
> Sid
> 
> 
> 
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  Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-02-06 21:53 +0000
    Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> - 2011-02-07 00:32 +0100
  Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-02-06 15:14 -0600
    Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> - 2011-02-07 00:32 +0100
  Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> - 2011-02-06 21:55 +0100

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