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From: bruce@balilly.UUCP (Bruce Lilly)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: news.software.cnews, anyone?
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Date: 29 Dec 90 14:21:03 GMT
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I realize that the vote for news.software.c failed a few months ago, but
apparently some people are not aware of this. There have been a few
postings in tha last week or so which imply this.

One of the main arguments against news.software.c was the fear that many
neophytes would think it to be a place for postings regarding the ``C''
language.

So maybe we should consider news.software.cnews, which should overcome
that objection.

The only other objection I can recall was ``there's a lot of interaction
between B news and Cnews, and we want to read about both.''  Well, if
there are two newsgroups, one has the choice to read one (only), read the
other (only), or read both.  When there's only one group, as is currently
the case, that choice is not available.  And crossposting is always
possible for articles which genuinely apply to both B news and C news.

Anybody want to instigate a call for discussion?
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	Bruce Lilly		blilly!balilly!bruce@sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM