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From: oc@vmp.UUCP (Orlan Cannon)
Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.video
Subject: Re: ***Call for discussion:  Rec.video.software***
Message-ID: <2718@vmp.UUCP>
Date: 25 Nov 89 18:32:01 GMT
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I am posting this for Mathew, who cannot post to the net.

In article <2717@vmp.UUCP> you write:
>In article <7970038@hpfcso.HP.COM> rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:
>>re: "...call for the discussion of a new newsgroup called rec.video.software"
>>re: "rec.video.software"
>>
>>...I suggest we
>>avoid the suffixes:  "software" and "programming".
>>
>>May I once again suggest:  rec.video.titles
>
>Throughout the video industry, which extends to those misty shores
>known as the video rental and purchase customer, the stuff that is
>stored on videotape is called "software."  This may indeed be confusing
>to a computer programmer.  But it should be very familiar to anyone
>who regularly reads a group called "rec.video.*".

Throughout the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, perhaps. In this country I have NEVER
heard anyone describe the contents of a video cassette as "software", and I
have never seen it described in such a way in any catalogue or published
promotional material. My father and uncle both work in the UK film industry,
so I'm talking about press releases and the like, not just magazines from the
local newsagent.

I will vote in favour of rec.video.titles or rec.video.releases. I will most
definitely vote AGAINST rec.video.software if it is proposed. Usenet is no
longer the exclusive province of the United States; you may be quite happy
to butcher the English language, but don't try to foist your ill-chosen trendy
jargon on us.

Sorry if this seems a little irate; it's not really a personal attack - I can't
post to the net, unfortunately, so I'm hoping someone else will make the point
for me. Permission is given to quote any of this if you feel like it.

mathew.
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mathew.   Undergraduate, Computer Lab, Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
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