From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis)
Subject: RESULT: comp.os.os2.{setup,programmer.porting} fail {101:9, 76:12}
Followup-To: news.groups
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 20:49:27 GMT

This is a Preliminary Result of Votes for the creation of two new Usenet
newsgroups. Voting was closed 8/31/92.  [Sorry this is late, but the
original vote-keeper was away from Usenet during the voting period;  I
received his voting tally just a few hours ago.]

The voting summary:             YES  NO
                                ---  --
comp.os.os2.setup:              101   9
comp.os.os2.programmer.porting:  76  12


[[ I currently have no policy for how old is too old for a result, but
   if this had been submitted as a passing vote nearly a month after
   the polls closed I would have been hard pressed to accept it.  Also
   note that full names _and_ addresses would have definitely been required
   for a passing result.  I only post this now as information for those
   who have been wondering about this proposal.  -- tale ]]

Proposals:

(1) Create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting.  The creation of two, free,
32-bit compilers for OS/2 2.0, GNU C/C++ 2.1 and EMX/GCC (currently
version 0.8d), has spurred a continuing deluge of software ported from
Unix and Unix-like platforms, including emacs, less, awk, grep, sed,
xscheme, ispell, and much more.  This newsgroup will provide a forum
for developers of ported software so as to coordinate efforts, avoid
duplication of effort, and spur additional development.  The group
will also cover topics such as porting from DOS and Windows (including
porting tools such as Mirrors), toolkits which aid in program
portability, and so forth.

(2)  Create comp.os.os2.setup.  This newsgroup should help reduce the
extraordinarily heavy traffic in comp.os.os2.misc.  It will be devoted
to all OS/2 system setup topics, including availability of device
drivers, compatibility information, installation procedures, system
requirements, and overall system performance optimization.  The group
comp.os.os2.apps will continue to serve as a forum for DOS, Windows,
and OS/2 application-specific setup questions.

The following is the list of voters and how they voted for each group.
[The original vote-keeper did not provide the e-mail addresses of the
voters, or provide a weekly summary.  I received his voting tally just
a few hours ago;  I counted the votes and formated the text.]

(a) = comp.os.os2.setup
(b) = comp.os.os2.programmer.porting

(a)  (b)  Name
==== ==== ================
AYE  YES  Andrew Bros
AYE  YES  Andrew Hilmer
AYE  YES  Arto J. Hoikkala
AYE  YES  Bill Brown
NAY  NO   Bill Owens

AYE  YES  Bob McCormick
AYE  YES  Bob Pebly
AYE  ---  Bob Raicer
NAY  NO   Bob Sloane
AYE  YES  Brian L Holland

AYE  ---  Brian Wiersema
AYE  YES  Carl Chalek
AYE  YES  Cedric Baechler
AYE  YES  Chris Jones
AYE  YES  Craig Bell

AYE  YES  D. Robert Spexet II
NAY  NO   Damon Kelly
AYE  YES  Dan Shearer
AYE  ---  Dave Sisson
AYE  YES  David A. Berson

AYE  YES  David Shepherd
AYE  YES  Deirdre McClure
AYE  YES  Denis McKeon
AYE  YES  Dennis Baba
AYE  ---  Don Smith

AYE  ---  Douglas Bell
AYE  YES  Douglas Clifton
AYE  YES  Emil J. Zeller
AYE  ---  Eric Schroedter
---  YES  Fred D. Quintana

---  YES  Fred Homan
AYE  YES  Gerald Ruderman
AYE  YES  Glen Linderman
AYE  YES  Gord Webster
AYE  YES  Gordon J. Miller

AYE  ---  Greg Wright
AYE  YES  Helge Nareid
AYE  YES  Hendrik Boom
AYE  YES  Horst Kiehl
AYE  YES  Ian T. Stirling

AYE  ---  J. Gustafson
AYE  ---  JMITCHEL
AYE  ---  James L. Weinkam
---  NO   Janne Liimatainen
AYE  YES  Jim Kunzman

AYE  YES  Jim Reisert
AYE  YES  Johann Tonsing
AYE  ---  John DeCarlo
AYE  YES  John Edge
AYE  ---  John McGing

AYE  YES  John Paul Morrison
AYE  YES  John W. Bodnar
AYE  YES  Johnnie Leung
AYE  ---  Jonathan M. Bradshaw
AYE  YES  Jonathan Sykes

AYE  YES  Kai Uwe Rommel
AYE  YES  Karsten Wemheuer
AYE  NO   Keith Dorken
AYE  YES  Ken Brucker
NAY  NO   Kim DeVaughn

AYE  ---  Kurt Olender
AYE  YES  L. Leon Campbell
AYE  ---  Larry Greenfield
AYE  YES  Leo G. Chouinard II
AYE  YES  Les Hartzman

AYE  YES  Lew Perin
AYE  YES  Lucian N. Dancanet
NAY  NO   Marc Moorcroft
AYE  YES  Mark Foltz
AYE  YES  Mark Hoy

AYE  YES  Markus Volpers
AYE  ---  Marten Feldtmann
AYE  YES  Matthew A. Manuel
AYE  YES  Meir I Green
AYE  YES  Michael K. Carmel

AYE  YES  Michael Roeder
---  YES  Mike Kretzer
AYE  YES  Mike Levis
AYE  ---  Moldovan R.
AYE  YES  Nan Zou

AYE  YES  Nathan Schimke
AYE  YES  Oliver Wagner
AYE  YES  Paul Goffin
AYE  YES  Paul King
AYE  YES  Pete Bergstrom

AYE  YES  Peter Alexiou
AYE  YES  Peter Arien
AYE  YES  Ping Huang
AYE  ---  R. James Kaminski
AYE  YES  Raja Thiagarajan

NAY  NO   Rich Kulawiec
NAY  NO   Richard Miller
AYE  NO   Rob Perkins
AYE  YES  Rob Prikanowski
AYE  ---  Robert L. Howard

AYE  ---  Robert Rosenbaum
NAY  NO   Rolan Kaltefleiter
AYE  YES  Roland Schock
AYE  ---  Samuel A. Figueroa
AYE  YES  Scott P. Reimert

AYE  YES  Scott Warner
AYE  ---  Shiran Cooray
AYE  ---  Steven Jay Breiner
AYE  ---  Ted Chen
AYE  ---  Teemu Mottonen

AYE  ---  Thomas Farmer
AYE  YES  Thomas Stets
AYE  YES  Timothy F. Sipples
AYE  YES  Tom Aurand
AYE  YES  Tom Sorensen

---  YES  Willem Jan Withagen
AYE  YES  William Lai
AYE  YES  chiaki ishikawa
AYE  ---  goldrick
NAY  NO   sven heinicke

Since the voting closed on 8/31/92, these two proposed newgroups cannot
be brought up for discussion until 3/1/93.

Mike Levis -- last-minute vote counter
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