RFD A RFD, or Request For Discussion, is the first step in creating a big-8 usenet newsgroup. The two RFDs which were issued for the comp.sys.net-computer.
Procedural details are below.
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. Ever since the Network Computer idea was proposed by Oracle, Apple, IBM, Netscape, and Sun, last year, it has attracted immense public and media attention. 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 communication, work, and entertainment. However partly because of it's revolutionary nature, there is currently no newsgroup dedicated to the Network Computer.