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From: steve@groucho.ucar.edu (Steve Emmerson)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: news.software.{transports,readers}
Message-ID: <5458@ncar.ucar.edu>
Date: 27 Nov 89 23:00:38 GMT
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jtc@wimsey.bc.ca writes:

>RENAMED OR REMOVED GROUPS???:
>    news.software.anu-news	VMS B-news software from Australian
>				National Univ.

>    news.software.b		Discussion about B-news-compatible software.

>    news.software.nntp		The Network News Transfer Protocol.

>    news.software.notes		Notesfile software from the Univ. of Illinois.
>	

There doesn't seem to be a sufficient number of existing subcategories
to make this worthwhile (i.e. fears of proliferation do not seem to
be based in fact).

The ability to subscribe to a newgroup dedicated to one's reader is
more desireable than not, in my opinion.  It is also analogous to the 
already existing situation whereby specific UNIX command-shells have
their own dedicated newgroups.

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Steve Emmerson		steve@unidata.ucar.edu