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From: tierney@fortune.UUCP (Charles Tierney)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Reform net.internat
Message-ID: <5717@fortune.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 20:35:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: fortune.5717
Posted: Wed Oct 23 20:35:39 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 25-Oct-85 02:22:26 EDT
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Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA
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I read both Gene Spafford's and Mike Banahan's posting about net.internat.

As a news administrator, I agree with Gene.  We cannot allow people to
just create news groups when they feel like it.  
However, I *strongly* believe a newsgroup dealing with issues of 
internationalization IS NECESSARY.

Here at Fortune, we have internationalized most of our product line.
And we have an ongoing commitment to continue our international 
development.  

I think many more companies and individuals will want to follow the 
path to internationalization.  

So, we must reform the group.  How?  I am not quite sure, but as a 
suggestion, net.unix.internat OR net.unix.intl seem logical name choices.

Let's start some discussion in net.news.group.  
Perhaps we can begin a vote by next week.  
C'mon people!  This is the future.  
America does not exist in a void, and not everybody speaks English!  

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Charles Tierney		Fortune Systems
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