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Procedural details are below.
Because of this one of the most active areas of discussion is likely to be comparing the relative merits of NCs and PCs, hence the need for a dedicated advocacy group. There is currently great public and media interest in the subject of Network Computers, and because the Network Computer is an emerging technology there are announcements all the time from companies relating to their NC developments. There is currently no newsgroup dedicated to announcements relating to Network Computers, and the creation of this newsgroup would allow NC related announcements to be channelled to people interested in such topics. Computers will cease to be seen as a magic box which the general public either fear or don't understand, but will become a consumer device, opening up many possibilities for future work, communication, and entertainment. However partly because of it's revolutionary nature, there is currently no newsgroup dedicated to the Network Computer.