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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Nomenclature
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Date: 26 Mar 91 14:28:09 GMT
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Here is a fragment from the arbitron ratings.  The interesting thing here
(although I have peculiar taste) is that the existence of a newsgroup with the
name a.b apparently does not prohibit one with the name a.b.c.  When the
45 gigabit fiber net is in place, it will be possible to have a group
named alt.sex.pictures.moving without name conflicts.  


   1 13606.2     307     35.91  7.1%     7.1%     alt.sex.pictures (5.5)
  18  1624.3    1027      4.29  0.8%    24.7%     alt.sex (2.3)

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)

P.S. In case you missed all the symbolism here, what I am driving at is
that if we must have two groups, then comp.os.minix and comp.os.minix.software
would not be forbidden by network rules.