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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: RFD: how about comp.sys.ibm.pc.advocacy?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.035542.1244@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 03:55:42 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.022437.10504@itsmail1.hamilton.edu> <sheldon.724996844@pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu> <1992Dec22.225219.13550@zooid.guild.org>
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- In article <1992Dec22.225219.13550@zooid.guild.org> kovarski@zooid.guild.org (Mark Kovarski) writes:
- >What I would rather see, is the creation of a newsgroup where people can post
- >their suggestions, bug reports, comments on OS/2 2.x. This way, people from
- >IBM can read the conference and get the latest without going through tons of
- >mail. So something like comp.os.os2.reports would be good. I think there
- >should be an comp.os.os2.announcements newsgroup as well. All announcements
- >can be posted there as well.
-
- I'd love to RFD comp.os.os2.announce and comp.os.os2.ver1x. As for a
- bug reporting newsgroup, I have no objection in principle to the idea,
- but I would like to hear what IBM's plans are for a bug reporting
- mechanism now that the Internet to CompuServe mechanism has been shut
- down.
-
- The comp.os.os2.announce newsgroup requires a moderator. Are you
- volunteering, Mark? :-)
-
- The comp.os.os2.programmer.porting proposal a while back was a
- terrific idea. The voting was botched, frankly, and I hope it gets
- reintroduced for RFD after the mandatory six month wait. Does anyone
- know when that six months is up? (That new newsgroup would also
- accompany a renaming of comp.os.os2.programmer to
- comp.os.os2.programmer.misc.)
-
- The other botched newsgroup was comp.os.os2.setup, which I'd also like
- to reintroduce.
-
- So, in summary, I'd like to see these OS/2 newsgroups:
-
- comp.os.os2.misc
- comp.os.os2.advocacy
- comp.os.os2.apps
- comp.os.os2.networking
- comp.os.os2.announce
- comp.os.os2.ver1x
- comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
- comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
-
- My preference is to work out bugs (which, nine times out of ten,
- aren't bugs) in the appropriate newsgroup, with an official netmail
- address for filing official bug reports. Perhaps .announce could aid
- in this effort, with periodic summaries of APARs opened, say, along
- with a periodic posting of the problem report form. The key is to
- have a crack moderator -- the success of the newsgroup obviously
- depends on his efforts. (That moderator could delegate authority,
- obviously.)
-
- The comp.os.os2.ver1x deserves some special mention. This idea came
- up some time ago. At first I didn't like the idea, because I felt it
- would "ghetto-ize" users of OS/2 1.x. However, I now think the
- opposite would happen, much as it has with .networking and .advocacy,
- namely that it would provide another forum to stimulate additional
- discussion that would not have taken place otherwise.
-
- The .porting newsgroup I consider vital. If applications are to come
- to OS/2 rapidly, developers need more help in getting existing code
- over to native mode. This includes the large library of Unix
- software. On the freeware side, part of the problem is duplication of
- effort. That newsgroup would also serve to coordinate efforts and
- keep everyone abreast of the state of various ports.
-
- Make sense? Thoughts, anyone?
-
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