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From: tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: While we're talking about global changes in newsgroups...
Message-ID: <1989Oct15.020043.12669@rpi.edu>
Date: 15 Oct 89 02:00:43 GMT
References: <6532@ficc.uu.net>
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
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In <6532@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
Peter> news.software.misc	I know C-news is B-news compatible,
Peter> 			but there will be others. Besides, anu news is
Peter> 			B-compatible as well.  I think the important
Peter> 			factor is the overall software design, not
Peter> 			what it interoperates with. C-news is very
Peter> 			little like B-news internally.

A proposal was brought up a few months ago to create news.software and
rmgroup news.software.b.  Everytime I post a message to news.software.b
I still think it is a good idea.  Not even a .misc group, just a
vanilla news.software.   Are there any strong arguments against this?

Dave
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