Xref: utzoo news.software.b:5172 alt.sources.d:697 comp.sources.d:5678 Path: utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!yale!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!mhres!squirrel!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: news.software.b,alt.sources.d,comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Time for 8 bit news, isn't it?????. Message-ID: <1990Jul21.083046.13075@squirrel.mh.nl> Date: 21 Jul 90 08:30:46 GMT References: <777@hades.ausonics.oz.au> Sender: jv@squirrel.mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Reply-To: Johan Vromans Organization: Multihouse Automation, the Netherlands Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: greyham@hades.ausonics.oz.au's message of 19 Jul 90 01:05:32 GMT In article <777@hades.ausonics.oz.au> greyham@hades.ausonics.oz.au (Greyham Stoney) writes: > Why don't all you people divert your energies into making your news system > handle 8 bit news ... > Considering the advantages, (especially to binaries groups), ... Very short-sighted. Major advantage is to allow information exchange in local languages that require special character sets. And don't tell me that the "language of the news" is English, since that is only true for agreed-upon international newsgroups. Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62911/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------