On principal, count me in.
Knowledge, even if a different platform, is power....
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> From: Denys Beauchemin[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 5:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Time to create HP9000-L?
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> Count me in. I think there are probably a few 9000 users that would join
> in. I know a few :).
>
> Please let us know when it's up and running.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Denys. . .
>
> Denys Beauchemin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gavin Scott [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 7:30 PM
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> Subject: Re: Time to create HP9000-L?
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> Jeff writes:
> > I could create one easily enough if there was sufficient interest, but I
> > don't know what we might draw from hpux-admin or the newsgroup (the
> > newsgroup is taken, so it couldn't be gated to news).
>
> I'm actually not worried about (or really interested in) drawing a lot of
> hpux-admin or comp.sys.hp.hpux users, but in creating a smallish list that
> would have the 3000-L type of atmosphere.
>
> The only requirement is that there is a critical mass of users such that
> when someone says "I have this problem..." that someone else will have
> gone
> through the same thing and know the answer or at least there will be
> multiple people who will be interested in the answer when it's figured
> out.
>
> In other words, just like 3000-L.
>
> Starting out with a 9000 list that consists of primarily those of us who
> came from a 3000 background and who aren't necessarily super Unix gurus
> would be an advantage because the 3000 background creates a common
> language
> and terminology, and also probably indicates a common goal in using HP-UX,
> that of running stable mission critical business applications.
>
> One of the problems with coming to the party late is that everyone else
> has
> already gone through all the things you're trying to learn, and people get
> tired of hearing the same questions over and over from an endless stream
> of
> newbies, which leads to some rather intolerant communities.
>
> In creating HP9000-L, we would be creating a forum in which we all can get
> together and learn more about HP-UX, without having to worry about
> annoying
> thousands of readers who were-there-doing-that long ago.
>
> G.
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