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From: charlie@mica.stat.washington.edu (Charlie Geyer)
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Subject: Re: While we're talking about global changes in newsgroups...
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Date: 15 Oct 89 19:47:59 GMT
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In article <35668@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:

> Anyone who thinks that the argument over {sci,rec}.fishies is about
> group names doesn't understand the system.

O. K.  Fine.  I don't understand.  What exactly IS the point?

I have never been able to discern any system in the "namespace
hierarchy" other than most talk about computer stuff is in comp.* and
news.*.  Is the hierarchy of any use at all?  In what way is it better
than arbitrary group names?