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From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.groups
Subject: Re: Descriptive names (Re: suggestion: news.software.c)
Message-ID: <266A7AAE.4AFE@tct.uucp>
Date: 4 Jun 90 15:13:50 GMT
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According to flee@shire.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee):
>>Consider the novice: ... "news.software.c!  It must be about C software!"
>
>This is a presentation problem.  The place to fix this is in
>newsreader programs.

Newsreaders should show the group description, true.  But I don't
think we should ignore the installed base of "rn" and "vnews" users.

But this naming issue is probably beside the point.  The real issue
is: How should we divide the discussion of Usenet news software?  I'd
support replacing "news.software.b" with "news.software.transport".
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at ComDev/TCT     <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!ateng!tct!chip>