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From: storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: DISCUSSION: What about: news.readers.nn
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Date: 8 Dec 89 20:13:38 GMT
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jtc@van-bc.UUCP (J.T. Conklin) writes:

>The question of a newsgroup for newsreaders remains.  The responses
>I received indicates that one is desired.

And so does my poll for interest in a news.software.nn group.

My main interest is of course to get a news group dedicated to the nn
news reader.  At the time of the CFD, the only logical name for it was
(in my humble opinion) news.software.nn.

From the responses to my poll and J.T's poll it seems that
news.software.* is mainly intended for news transport systems, 
and not readers.

I would therefore like to hit two birds with one stone, and suggest
that we create a new

	news.readers

hierarchy, and that 

	news.readers.nn

becomes the first subgroup in that hierarchy.

The `news.readers' group could then be open for discussions on the
news readers without a dedicated group.

The benefits we get are:

- Short, logical group names.
- No interference with the hierarcy for news transports.
- news.readers is a natural place to discuss "homeless" news readers.
- A later (unrelated) renaming of news.software.* to news.transports.*
  will be possible if so desired (I don't care!)

What more do you want ?-)

-- 
Kim F. Storm        storm@texas.dk        Tel +45 429 174 00
Texas Instruments, Marielundvej 46E, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark
	  No news is good news, but nn is better!