From [email protected] Fri Apr 14 17:44:02 1995
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (J. Eric Townsend)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.pen
Subject: RFD: comp.os.magic-cap
Followup-To: news.groups
Date: 14 Apr 1995 16:30:53 -0400
Organization: General Magic, Inc.
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REQUEST FOR  DISCUSSION (RFD)
=============================

Newsgroup    : comp.os.magic-cap
Status       : unmoderated
Distribution : world-wide
Summary      : Discussion of the Magic Cap operating system
Proposers    : [email protected]

This is a formal Request For Discussion on the creation of the newsgroups
comp.os.magic-cap.

This RFD has been posted in accordance with the Guidelines for Newsgroup
Creation. Its language is based on previously submitted RFDs. The RFD is
being cross-posted to the following relevant news groups :

news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.pen

NOTE : Follow ups are defined to ensure that further discussion takes place in
news.groups only. Please watch this group if you are interested in the ensuing
 discussion.

CHARTER

The comp.os.magic-cap newsgroup will be open to discussion of all
subjects (programming, user experiences, rants) related to the Magic
Cap operating system from General Magic.  This would include the
topics:

* Generation/Posting/Support of a FAQ for Magic Cap.

* Discussion of Magic Cap third party hardware and software.

* Comparison between hardware platforms supporting the Magic Cap OS.

* Trading of tips for using Magic Cap on travel or in foreign countries.


RATIONALE

There are many systems available that can run the Magic Cap operating
system.  Sony and Motorola are both selling Magic Cap based personal
communicators. General Magic has announced the Magic Cap for Windows
product that provide MS Windows users with a Magic Cap platform.
Matsushita and others have announced plans to use Magic Cap as a base
operating system for personal communicators.  Many of the users and
developers (and potential users and developers) for these systems also
use the Internet as a means of communication and have been cobbling
together mailing lists and WWW servers.  The comp.os.magic-cap
newsgroup would reach a much broader audience and provide a better
forum for discussion than the loose collection of resources.


PROCEDURE

Please post any response to this message to news.groups. If you use the
followup feature on your newsreader, this should happen automatically. It is
important to understand that all discussions about the merits of this proposal
should occur on news.groups only.

-- 
J. Eric Townsend [email protected]  USA 408.774.4252 (play: [email protected])
AT&T PersonaLink: [email protected]
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From [email protected] Mon May 15 18:18:48 1995
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (Warren Lavallee)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.newton.misc
Subject: CFV: comp.os.magic-cap
Followup-To: poster
Date: 15 May 1995 13:25:18 -0400
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
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Expires: 6 Jun 1995 00:00:00 GMT
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                          FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
                     unmoderated group comp.os.magic-cap

Newsgroups line:
comp.os.magic-cap	Everything about General Magic's Magic Cap OS.

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 5 June 1995.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  For voting
questions only contact Warren Lavallee .  For
questions about the proposed group contact J. Eric Townsend
.

DISTRIBUTION

This CFV will be cross posted to:
	comp.sys.handhelds
	comp.sys.palmtops
	comp.sys.pen
	comp.sys.newton.misc
and EMailed to:
	[email protected]
	[email protected]

CHARTER

The comp.os.magic-cap newsgroup will be open to discussion of all
subjects (programming, user experiences, rants) related to the Magic
Cap operating system from General Magic.  This would include the
topics:
* Generation/Posting/Support of a FAQ for Magic Cap.

* Discussion of Magic Cap third party hardware and software.

* Comparison between hardware platforms supporting the Magic Cap OS.

* Trading of tips for using Magic Cap on travel or in foreign countries.

RATIONALE

There are many systems available that can run the Magic Cap operating
system.  Sony and Motorola are both selling Magic Cap based personal
communicators. General Magic has announced the Magic Cap for Windows
product that provide MS Windows users with a Magic Cap platform.
Matsushita and others have announced plans to use Magic Cap as a base
operating system for personal communicators.  Many of the users and
developers (and potential users and developers) for these systems also
use the Internet as a means of communication and have been cobbling
together mailing lists and WWW servers.  The comp.os.magic-cap
newsgroup would reach a much broader audience and provide a better
forum for discussion than the loose collection of resources.

HOW TO VOTE

Send MAIL to:   [email protected]
Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list.

Your mail message should contain *one* and only one of the following
statements.  DO NOT QUOTE THIS CFV IN YOUR VOTE.
      I vote YES on comp.os.magic-cap
      I vote NO on comp.os.magic-cap
      I vote ABSTAIN on comp.os.magic-cap
      I CANCEL my vote on comp.os.magic-cap

Neither ABSTAIN nor CANCEL messages are counted as votes; they serve
only to cancel any previous vote. Abstentions are noted in the final
vote list, whereas CANCEL removes your vote from that list entirely.
(This is the only difference between the two.)

Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program.  The
votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal acknowledge-
ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several days, try again.
It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly.

If you later change your mind you may vote again; only your last valid
vote will count.

Standard Guidelines for voting apply: no more than one vote per person,
no more than one vote per account. If you attempt multiple votes or
other vote fraud, all your votes may be canceled and your name published.

The complete vote list will be posted with the vote result, including
how each person voted. Note that Usenet votes are not done by secret
ballot.

There will then be a five-day period during which the published vote
list may be corrected and any irregularities addressed. The
requirements for group creation are 100 more YES votes than NO votes,
and 2/3 of all counted votes being YES.

From [email protected] Mon May 29 22:35:15 1995
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (Warren Lavallee)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.newton.misc
Subject: 2nd CFV: comp.os.magic-cap
Supersedes: 
Followup-To: poster
Date: 28 May 1995 19:16:15 -0400
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
Lines: 89
Sender: [email protected]
Approved: [email protected]
Expires: 6 Jun 1995 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: 
References: <[email protected]> 
Reply-To: [email protected]
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Xref: gs2.UU.NET news.announce.newgroups:6918 news.groups:151539 comp.sys.handhelds:19015 comp.sys.palmtops:26894 comp.sys.pen:9074 comp.sys.newton.misc:32566

                          LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
                     unmoderated group comp.os.magic-cap

Newsgroups line:
comp.os.magic-cap	Everything about General Magic's Magic Cap OS.

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 5 June 1995.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  For voting
questions only contact Warren Lavallee .  For
questions about the proposed group contact J. Eric Townsend
.

DISTRIBUTION

This CFV will be cross posted to:
	comp.sys.handhelds
	comp.sys.palmtops
	comp.sys.pen
	comp.sys.newton.misc
and EMailed to:
	[email protected]
	[email protected]

CHARTER

The comp.os.magic-cap newsgroup will be open to discussion of all
subjects (programming, user experiences, rants) related to the Magic
Cap operating system from General Magic.  This would include the
topics:
* Generation/Posting/Support of a FAQ for Magic Cap.

* Discussion of Magic Cap third party hardware and software.

* Comparison between hardware platforms supporting the Magic Cap OS.

* Trading of tips for using Magic Cap on travel or in foreign countries.

RATIONALE

There are many systems available that can run the Magic Cap operating
system.  Sony and Motorola are both selling Magic Cap based personal
communicators. General Magic has announced the Magic Cap for Windows
product that provide MS Windows users with a Magic Cap platform.
Matsushita and others have announced plans to use Magic Cap as a base
operating system for personal communicators.  Many of the users and
developers (and potential users and developers) for these systems also
use the Internet as a means of communication and have been cobbling
together mailing lists and WWW servers.  The comp.os.magic-cap
newsgroup would reach a much broader audience and provide a better
forum for discussion than the loose collection of resources.

HOW TO VOTE

Send MAIL to:   [email protected]
Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list.

Your mail message should contain *one* and only one of the following
statements.  DO NOT QUOTE THIS CFV IN YOUR VOTE.
      I vote YES on comp.os.magic-cap
      I vote NO on comp.os.magic-cap
      I vote ABSTAIN on comp.os.magic-cap
      I CANCEL my vote on comp.os.magic-cap

Neither ABSTAIN nor CANCEL messages are counted as votes; they serve
only to cancel any previous vote. Abstentions are noted in the final
vote list, whereas CANCEL removes your vote from that list entirely.
(This is the only difference between the two.)

Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program.  The
votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal acknowledge-
ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several days, try again.
It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly.

If you later change your mind you may vote again; only your last valid
vote will count.

Standard Guidelines for voting apply: no more than one vote per person,
no more than one vote per account. If you attempt multiple votes or
other vote fraud, all your votes may be canceled and your name published.

The complete vote list will be posted with the vote result, including
how each person voted. Note that Usenet votes are not done by secret
ballot.

There will then be a five-day period during which the published vote
list may be corrected and any irregularities addressed. The
requirements for group creation are 100 more YES votes than NO votes,
and 2/3 of all counted votes being YES.

From [email protected] Tue Jun  6 18:47:02 1995
Status: RO
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (Warren Lavallee)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.newton.misc
Subject: RESULT: comp.os.magic-cap passes 179:21
Supersedes: 
Followup-To: news.groups
Date: 6 Jun 1995 16:52:19 -0400
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
Lines: 258
Sender: [email protected]
Approved: [email protected]
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Xref: gs2.UU.NET news.announce.newgroups:6998 news.groups:152594 comp.sys.handhelds:19104 comp.sys.palmtops:27239 comp.sys.pen:9136 comp.sys.newton.misc:33155

                                RESULT
          unmoderated group comp.os.magic-cap passes 179:21

There were 179 YES votes and 21 NO votes, for a total of 200 valid votes.
There were 3 abstains and 1 invalid ballot.

For group passage, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid (YES and NO)
votes.   There also must be at least 100 more YES votes than NO votes.

There is a five day discussion period after these results are posted.  If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the moderator of
news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly thereafter.

  comp.os.magic-cap passed on Thu May 18 17:46:16 1995

Newsgroups line:
comp.os.magic-cap	Everything about General Magic's Magic Cap OS.

This vote was being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting
questions only contact Warren Lavallee . For questions
about the proposed group contact J. Eric Townsend .

CHARTER

The comp.os.magic-cap newsgroup will be open to discussion of all
subjects (programming, user experiences, rants) related to the Magic
Cap operating system from General Magic.  This would include the
topics:
* Generation/Posting/Support of a FAQ for Magic Cap.

* Discussion of Magic Cap third party hardware and software.

* Comparison between hardware platforms supporting the Magic Cap OS.

* Trading of tips for using Magic Cap on travel or in foreign countries.

[This collection of addresses is (C)1995 by Consultix Computer Services.
Permission is strictly NOT given to use this list or any part thereof to
make a mailing list, or for mass-mailings.  Any other use is fine.]
comp.os.magic-cap Final Vote Ack

Voted Yes
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[email protected]                                              Leene, A.
[email protected]                                          Neklan Brozensky
[email protected]                                           Manuel Veloso
[email protected]                                      L. Regius Brown
[email protected]                         VADM Andrew P. Gibbons
[email protected]                                               Tony Jones
[email protected]                                           Alan Robell
[email protected]                                                  Albert Nurick
[email protected]                                               Allan MACKINNON
[email protected]                     Andy McMullin
[email protected]                                        Andy Belk
[email protected]                           Angelique Di Schino
[email protected]                                         Simon Auyeung
[email protected]                                        ndrew Lewis Tepper
[email protected]                                              Asif Taiyabi
[email protected]                                                 Barry Nathan
[email protected]                                          William J. Edney
[email protected]                               Ben Burch (via RadioMail)
[email protected]                                           Bruce Horrocks
[email protected]                                                        Bill Peet
[email protected]                                               Alan K Biocca
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Brandt_Lawrence_R/[email protected]                          Lawrence R. Brandt
[email protected]                                                         Brian
[email protected]                                               Brenda Holloway
[email protected]                                        Brian Goldberg
[email protected]                                       Bruce Barrett
[email protected]                                                     Brent Townshend
[email protected]                                               bradley g wherry
[email protected]                                            Christopher Ramos
[email protected]                                    The Delta Project
[email protected]                                            C J Silverio
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[email protected]                                      Cameron Laird
[email protected]                                         Chris Stamper
[email protected]                                         Christopher M. Goodman
[email protected]                                              Christian Colin
[email protected]                                                 Cedric Pansky
[email protected]                                               Curtis Eubanks
[email protected]                                              Chris Fine
[email protected]                                                  John Curry
[email protected]                                              Curtis Shenton
[email protected]                                             Dave Beckett
[email protected]                                      Martin Nisshagen
[email protected]                                         David B. Alford
[email protected]                                                   Dave Kloba
[email protected]                               Dean Blevins - FES OPS
[email protected]                                                    Dave Coker
[email protected]                                                      Dean Yu
[email protected]                                              David L. Ellis
[email protected]                                             Chris Derossi
[email protected]                                              Dewayne Adams
[email protected]                                                       David Mankins
[email protected]                                                 Don Woods
[email protected]                                                 Ray Rischpater
[email protected]                                                 Dave Theodore
[email protected]                                                      Ed Hurtley
[email protected]                                                      Eike Dierks
[email protected]                                                        Dave Ely
[email protected]                                         Eric Berdahl
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[email protected]                                  Frederic STARK
[email protected]                                             Jun Fujisawa
[email protected]                                                 Ed Gaillard
[email protected]                                             Gary Connor
[email protected]                                     Gilles Dignard
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[email protected]                                                   Gil Elbaz
[email protected]                                   Gordon Sheridan
[email protected]                                                Greg Marriott
[email protected]                                                Hardy Macia
[email protected]                                               Carl Haynes
[email protected]                             Charles H. Hemstreet IV
[email protected]                                         Brian M. Leach
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[email protected]                                                     Mike Cohen
[email protected]                                                   Ian Wilkinson
[email protected]                                                   Jae Kim
[email protected]                                       James Thevathasan
[email protected]                                             Bensman, Jeff
[email protected]                                           Jiun-Chung Kuo
[email protected]                                             Jennine Townsend
[email protected]                                     J. Eric Townsend
[email protected]                                              John Giannandrea
[email protected]                                               Joe Hayashi
[email protected]                                              John Howard
[email protected]                                 Jim Niemann
[email protected]                           John Fuchs-Chesney
[email protected]                                                  Joe McAllister
[email protected]                                                           Jonboy
[email protected]                                                        Jor Bratko
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[email protected]                                                 John Curran
[email protected]                                                Johan van Ketwich
[email protected]                                  Jim Van Peursem
[email protected]                                       N. Karunanithi
[email protected]                                                Keith Wood
[email protected]                                   Kenji Armstrong
[email protected]                                                     Tony Hayes
[email protected]                                                 Keith Erskine
[email protected]                                      Kieran Sherlock
[email protected]                                            Donald Eastlake
[email protected]                               Kimmo Ketolainen +358 40 500 2957
[email protected]                                                     Kula Corp.
[email protected]                                                    Keith T. Vogt
[email protected]                                        Martin Schroeder
[email protected]                                                      Lee Unkrich
[email protected]                                LeeAnn Heringer
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[email protected]                                       David Levine
[email protected]                                                 Victor Lewis
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[email protected]                                                    Michael O'Brien
[email protected]                                               Mark Novak
[email protected]                                       John Massaglia
[email protected]                                               Matt Spolin
[email protected]                                            Mark Hoy
[email protected]                                       Michael Cullinan
[email protected]                                          Michael Cohen
[email protected]                                                      Brad Might
[email protected]                                              Michael Archuleta
[email protected]                                                Michael Rosenberg
[email protected]                                                  Mike Morgan
[email protected]                                Steve Klingsporn
[email protected]                                              Martin Teitel
[email protected]                                    Chris Schmelzer
[email protected]                                              Dave Newman
[email protected]                                          Nick Ingegneri
[email protected]                                        Nigel Ballard
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[email protected]                                              Hiroshi Ogino
[email protected]                                                   Paul Trentham
[email protected]                                              Rick Tasher
[email protected]                                                   Paul Kerrigan
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[email protected]                              Hemant Vasant Sawant
[email protected]                                           Philip Jones
[email protected]                                  Philippe Leblanc
[email protected]                                         Phil Goldman
[email protected]                                                 Pierre Omidyar
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[email protected]                                         Paul S R Chisholm
[email protected]                                       Rick Pumphrey
[email protected]                                                  Raymond Gasser
[email protected]                                               Richard Clark
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[email protected]                                                     Rick Ross
[email protected]                                        Richard Geiger
[email protected]                                      Robert A. Tell
[email protected]                                            James D Robertson
[email protected]                                                        Rob Tsuk
[email protected]                          Robbert J. van Meenen
[email protected]                                                       Greg Satz
[email protected]                                                Scott R. Cadle
[email protected]                                Michael Sclafani
[email protected]                                             Scott Thomas
[email protected]                                         Sharpened Software
[email protected]                                  Shawn C. Clark
[email protected]                                          Steve Luzynski
[email protected]                                                  Scott Mirer
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[email protected]                                      Steve Nowakowski
[email protected]                                                 Samuel Solon
[email protected]                                                  Steve Maller
[email protected]                                          Tom Branham
[email protected]                                                     David Szego
[email protected]                                             Hannes WOLF
[email protected]                                                   Timo Bruck
[email protected]                                                       Jon A Webb
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[email protected]                                                    Jerome Chan
[email protected]                                          Steve Zellers
[email protected]                                                Mark Zeren
[email protected]                                            Zalman Stern

Voted No
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[email protected]                                             Ananda M. Kar
[email protected]                                                        Steve Mann
[email protected]                                               Michiel Wijers
[email protected]                                               Christopher Ward
[email protected]                                             Frank McConnell
[email protected]                                                Ian Jackson
[email protected]                                           Jim Poston
[email protected]                                                    John Vittal
[email protected]                                               Hasnain Khan
[email protected]                                              Kim DeVaughn
[email protected]                                                 Marcus Breiing
[email protected]                                           Patrick J. LoPresti
[email protected]                                              Rebecca Drayer
[email protected]                                               Ryan Waldron
[email protected]                                             Richard H. Miller
[email protected]                                         Smarasderagd
[email protected]                                                        Lee Sobier
[email protected]                                                  Dwight Brown
[email protected]                                            Thomas G. McWilliams
WFCB/WFCB1/HeringerMR%[email protected]    Heringer, Mark R
[email protected]                                         Risto Widenius

Abstained
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[email protected]                              Kenneth P Crouch
[email protected]                                          M Mike Taksar KC6ZPS
[email protected]                                                  M. Otto


Votes in error
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[email protected]                                                   Creighton Hoke
   ! Conflicting votes