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From: jbrown@locus.com (Jordan Brown)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b
Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed
Message-ID: <24996@oolong.la.locus.com>
Date: 4 Jun 91 05:37:11 GMT
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In article <1991May31.101334@mccall.com> tp@mccall.com (Terry Poot) writes:
>(The suggestion that everyone should read news.software.b because so
>much of the net uses B and C news is utterly ridiculous.)

News.software.b is the de facto newsgroup for discussing generic news
standards and other technical matters.  I would consider it at least a
little foolish for anybody involved heavily in developing a news-related
package NOT to read news.software.b.  I don't know of any more appropriate
place to reach news developers.

This is not to say that I believe that it's an ideal name, just that
it *is* where the technical discussions occur.  I'd prefer (for instance)
news.software.transport, news.software.standards, etc.