Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!caen!math.lsa.umich.edu!sharkey!cfctech!kevin From: kevin@cfctech.cfc.com (Kevin Darcy) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: news.software.cnews, anyone? Message-ID: <1991Jan13.021512.22215@cfctech.cfc.com> Date: 13 Jan 91 02:15:12 GMT References: <1990Dec31.082711.6700@xenitec.on.ca> <3087@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1991Jan1.180100.29798@druid.uucp> Reply-To: kevin@cfctech.cfc.com (Kevin Darcy) Organization: Chrysler Financial Corporation, Southfield, MI. Lines: 40 (Gee, I never thought I'd find myself responding to another "darcy" to whom I wasn't related :-) In article <1991Jan1.180100.29798@druid.uucp> darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes: >In article Eliot writes: >> Perhaps what we >>should have (after figuring out how to rename groups without pissing >>off the world) is news.software.transport and news.software.readers. > >Just a small nit, why not news.transport and news.readers? The "software" >part seems to be an unneccessary redundancy. I mean, can transport agents >or news readers be implemented any other way? Ah, but you're presuming a certain meaning of "implementation" which isn't reflected in the newsgroup names. "News.transport" could conceivably include discussions of modems, LANs, where to get a feed, etc. "News.readers" could conceivably include hand-holding information on how to set up a KILL file, personal observations about people who read news, etc. The "software" sub-hierarchy focusses the discussions more to topics admins and developers want to see, and IMHO, speaking as an admin and occasional developer (when things break, usually :-), that's a Good Thing. Although they do require more typing/directories/disk-space/whatnot-and-wherewithal, sub-hierarchies often have a useful purpose. I think "news.software" is no exception. Viva news.software.transport! Viva news.software.readers! (Although of course C news & trn are the only ones worth a damn :-) >D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid) | >D'Arcy Cain Consulting | There's no government >West Hill, Ontario, Canada | like no government! >+1 416 281 6094 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kevin@cfctech.cfc.com | Kevin Darcy, Unix Systems Administrator ...{sharkey,rphroy}!cfctech!kevin | Technical Services (CFC) Voice: (313) 948-4863 | Chrysler Corporation Fax: (313) 948-4975 | 27777 Franklin, Southfield, MI 48034 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------