RFC 1501

RFC 1501: OS/2 User Group 💖

okay bestie, the title block first 🎀 this is RFC 1501, written by Eric Brunsen (E. Brunsen) at Eastern New Mexico University, dated August 1993. it's an informational memo for the Internet community 📚 and it says it does not specify an IAB standard of any kind. the header doesn't mention obsoleting or updating any other RFCs, so i'm not gonna guess 🙈

Status of this Memo

ok so this memo is here to provide information 🦋 it does not specify an IAB standard of any kind 💅 and distribution is unlimited ✨ so share it around, bestie!

Introduction

okay so this RFC is going out to the Internet community to get their reactions to the proposals inside 🫶 ngl the issues here might not be directly relevant to the Internet's research problems, but a bunch of researchers and implementers might still find them super interesting 🤓

so there's a group called The Phoenix Group 🔥 they're figuring out whether there's a need for a national OS/2 users' group. it's targeted at the individual user of OS/2 and is meant to be an effective vehicle for users to tell IBM what they want from OS/2 💜

if you work in corporate IT, you already know the drill 👑 orgs like SHARE, GUIDE, COMMON and DECIUS are focal points for users and a combined voice. SHARE, GUIDE and COMMON speak for users to IBM, and DECIUS speaks to Digital Equipment Company 💀 the whole goal is to work closely with hardware and software providers to influence the direction of their products, whether those are operating systems or CPU's 🌈

many folks in other electronic fora think there's no representative voice for the end-user of OS/2 with IBM 😭 so The Phoenix Group is taking a straw poll of OS/2 users across lots of electronic fora to figure out the need for, and membership potential of, this kind of organization 💅 the founding council is:

Mike Andrews, Eric Brunsen, Max Eidswick, Robin Frank, Stan Hawkins, Jack Hiatt, Bob Holmes, Wayne Holmes, John Schaeffer, and Toby Pennycuff 🌸

you might recognize some of these names, you might not 🙈 but they're all long-time OS/2 users, and they all believe an organization like this is an absolute necessity 😤 they want a gauge of how many people would be willing to join.

if they get a strong response, they're ready to approach IBM PSP's senior management about the proposal and work with them to formulate an organization that meets both parties' best interests 🎀 if you'd be interested in joining, send a note with your name and address to one of these Internet addresses:

    Z2934@AA1PROFS.IBMMAIL.COM
        or
    BRUNSENE@EMAIL.ENMU.EDU

they'll compile a database of respondees and keep everyone notified of their progress electronically 🧚 and they're so looking forward to your comments and suggestions 🫶💜

Security Considerations

Security issues are not discussed in this memo. 💀 so bestie, don't read this section as any kind of security guarantee, because this memo just doesn't cover it at all 🙈

Author's Address

Eric Brunsen
Eastern New Mexico University
Station 15
Portales, NM  88130

Phone: (505) 562-2694
Fax:   (505) 562-2349
EMail: BRUNSENE@EMAIL.ENMU.EDU