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- From: mdw@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh)
- Subject: [comp.os.linux.announce] Welcome to comp.os.linux.announce!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.202253.14228@tc.cornell.edu>
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- Organization: The Linux Inquisition, Propaganda Division
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:22:53 GMT
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- Archive-name: linux-faq/announce/intro
- Last-modified: 6 Dec 1992
-
- WELCOME TO COMP.OS.LINUX.ANNOUNCE!
-
- Comp.os.linux.announce (which has a nifty acronym: "c.o.l.a") is a
- newsgroup for announcements, important information, and software patches
- for the Linux operating system, a free UNIX clone for i386 and i486 based
- machines. This group is a moderated companion to comp.os.linux, which is
- the group for discussions, questions, and general information about Linux.
-
- This group has been created to provide a seperate group in which to crosspost
- important information about Linux, since these postings are often lost in
- the heavy bandwidth of comp.os.linux. In general, postings to c.o.l.a will
- also be posted to comp.os.linux, for those who receive c.o.l over the FidoNet
- gateway and other non-USENET sources.
-
- The moderators for this group are myself (Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu) and
- Lars Wirzenius (wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi). We will be sharing the moderator
- duty, and backing each other up to make sure that postings to this group will
- be approved as soon as possible after they're submitted.
-
- Submissions to this group should be mailed to the address:
- linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu
-
- If you have any problems or questions about c.o.l.a, please send mail to the
- moderators at
- linux-announce-request@tc.cornell.edu
- Or simply mail us directly.
-
- A seperate posting details the guidelines for submitting to this group.
- I plan to approve just about anything that's posted to this group, except for
- questions or discussions about Linux. So, please, post away. :)
-
- Plans are in the works for having this group archived at one or more of
- the Linux FTP sites; more on that later. I also plan to start a mailing
- list channel for those without USENET access (when the linux-activists
- list is going again).
-
- Matt Welsh
- Comp.os.linux.announce moderator
- Submissions to: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu
-
- --
- Matt Welsh mdw@tc.cornell.edu Cornell Theory Center
- "Go on, emote! I was raised on thought balloons!"
-