Comp.os.research: Welcome to comp.os.research [l/m 6 Jan 1996]

[Bryan O'Sullivan]

Archive-name: os-research/welcome
Version: $Revision: 1.5 $
Last-Modified: Sat Jan 6 18:16:47 1996

This periodic posting serves as an introduction to newsgroup
comp.os.research. A set of companion postings, the Frequently
Answered Questions for comp.os.research, summarises some of the past
discussions in the group.

Comp.os.research is a moderated Usenet newsgroup created to foster the
discussion of and exchange of information on topics in the field of
operating systems research. The moderator is Darrell Long
<dar...@cse.ucsc.edu> of the University of California at Santa
Cruz. The maintainer of the FAQ is Bryan O'Sullivan
<b...@serpentine.com>.

As far as moderation policy is concerned, the following two principles
are applied to each article submitted for posting: is it interesting?
is it related to research?

Job announcements will be posted if they are related to operating
systems research; blatantly commercial postings are not acceptable.

Calls for papers for most conferences and journals related to OS
research will be posted. This is fairly broadly interpreted, since OS
research is a large field.

Smart alec comments are generally filed unceremoniously in /dev/null.

Finally, discussions are cut off when the signal-to-noise ratio falls
below a certain (fairly subjective) level. Please consider setting
the Followup-To: line whenever discussion drifts away from operating
systems research.

This posting, like much of Usenet, is maintained on a purely volunteer
basis. It is subject to comment and improvement by sending email to
<os-...@cse.ucsc.edu>.

Please note that there is a discaimer and copyright notice at the end
of Part 2 of the FAQ.