On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, David Murn wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, David D.W. Downey wrote:
>
> > Uhh, excuse me but the list says it is for linux 8086, which even to me
> > means it's a list for Linux machines based on the 8086 processor. ie 386,
> > 486, 586 ect. ect.
>
> Not quite. Not "Linux machines based on the 8086" more "Linux based on
> the 8086".
>
> If you can't distinguish the difference between 8086 and 80x86 maybe you
> should read up on it some more.
>
> > So, until the name is changed to linux-elks, expect 8086 linux questions to
> > pop in.
>
> We don't mind 8086 linux questions, that's 100% what the list is for, but
> 8086, NOT x86 (as the list implies).
>
> The dosemu list is called linux-msdos. We never have a problem with
> people posting there saying they can't get DOS and Linux working on the
> same machine, so why should we have people posting here about problems
> which are unrelated to the list?
Please accept facts. To many people not knowing history so well;
the 8088-8086-80186-80286-80386-80486-Pentium is an unbroken line
of development of the same processor.
Hence the misguided questions.
The real question is: what should we do about it?
Politely redirect them to the correct place?
Shout at them?
Rename our list?
Regards,
Jakob Eriksson
