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From: dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de
Subject: Re: RESULTS: newsgroup creation straw poll.
2 Sep 1998 07:56:05 -0700 :
Message-ID: <009CB99F.657A12E0.15370.cygnus.gnu-win32@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de>
To: kevq-ml AT banana DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de

Hi Kevin, you wrote:

: On a last note, I don't think the volume of traffic on this list
: warrants the creation of more than a discussion group and an announce
: group, at the present time.

Yes. To keep the noise low, please avoid the ms-windows hierarchy and
only post an announcement there every week/month.

: One more issue comes to me, and that is the "32" suffix.  Perhaps it
: would be a good idea to drop the "32" from the newsgroup names?  Note
: that comp.os.ms-windows doesn't specify 16 or 32.  Perhaps it should be
: dropped for the "gnuwin" part, but kept for the "cygwin" part?

IMHO, NT going 64bit is already overdue. I'll "soon" need to malloc >2GB...


Bye, Heribert (dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de)
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