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From: rlk@think.com (Robert Krawitz)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: comp.emacs vs. gnu.emacs
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Date: 29 Jun 89 13:02:20 GMT
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In article <8906282347.AA00345@garnet.berkeley.edu>, rusty@GARNET writes:
]Why are there these two newsgroups?  I notice that about 75% of the
]articles that are posted to comp.emacs are about gnu emacs, and about
]99% of those are also posted to gnu.emacs.

gnu.emacs is intended solely for discussion of gnu emacs.  comp.emacs
is intended for discussion of all emacses

]I think that I shall propose to the usenet overlords that the
]gnu.emacs newsgroup be deleted.

I don't believe that the backbone cabal controls the gnu hierarchy.  I
believe that the FSF controls it.
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