#: 15696 S5/OS9 Users Group
    28-Jun-92  22:07:59
Sb: #15364-#announcement
Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
To: Carl Kreider 71076,76 (X)

As for OS-9 CN, we have success in communicating with those in Europe and
Australia as well. I have been thinking about the many discussions of ideas
related to OS-9 CN, and the old/new users group, in particular what you had to
say. I feel very strongly the OS-9 Community needs both. The Users' Group is
better suited to support business users, and those that can easily afford to
access such services as Delphi, CIS, and the Internet family of networks, and
to send in for membership for the Users' Group. I will apply for membership,
although the first time didn't work out well for me, or many of us. OS-9 CN has
its place, too. OS-9 CN is for amateur users of OS-9, in particular those with
an extremly small budget. Many Australian and European users are now able to
communicate with us because we use the most inexpensive means. On the other
hand, services such as Delphi are prohibitively expensive (Delphi is $18.00 an
hour for me, although CIS is $12.80 an hour living in Hawaii). It is even more
expensive for Canadian users to communicate. Because we are amateurs and use
the most inexpensive means to communicate, OS-9 users outside of the U.S. have
given OS-9 CN much support in their communications efforts. I feel we need both
groups to serve the OS-9 Community, so why not make sure there is
communications between our groups? As for an efficient means, we are working on
it. I tried Internet/UUCP, but lost my feed and don't know where to get another
affordable one. I come to CIS regularly (once every one or two weeks), so we
can start with that. Also, many other representatives of OS-9 CN visit CIS and
Delphi regularly, and I am compiling a list of user names.

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