Re: vmsnet.posix?

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From: Ed Wilts
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 04:05

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In article <1992Aug6.141304.1@cc.uvcc.edu>, coleve@cc.uvcc.edu writes:
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> The name vmsnet.vms-posix sounds like it was invented by the 
> department of redundency department.
> 
> General posix stuff should be in a comp.????.posix group.
> VMS posix stuff goes in vmsnet.posix.  Even I could follow that logic.
> Adding the extra "vms-" is fixing something that's not broken.

You're assuming that vmsnet is strictly for VMS issues, which is incorrect. 
Witness the vmsnet.pdp-11 group.

> -- Vern Cole -- Systems Manager -- Utah Valley Community College --
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Subject: Re: vmsnet.posix?
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Date: 6 Aug 92 21:05:27 -0700
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