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From: gww@beatnix.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Important Announcement about the group renaming (read this!)
Message-ID: <324@elxsi.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-Apr-87 14:27:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  1 14:27:47 1987
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Reply-To: gww@beatnix.UUCP (Gary Winiger)
Organization: ELXSI Super Computers, San Jose
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In article <3.14159@cbosdg.UUCP> mark@cbosdg.UUCP (Mark Horton) writes:
>As you all know, a few months ago the backbone sites and other people
>involved in the maintenance and planning for USENET made the decision to
>globally rename the groups in the hope of clearing up the sometimes
>confusing or incorrect names used.

If today wasn't 1 Apr, I'd take Mark seriously, but since today is 1 Apr,
I'll disregard his comments and expect to see the current naming continue.

I personally like it, however I was not looking forward to the mod groups
being renamed.  That part I found to be confusing to the users - they 
really had no clear way of distinguishing between a moderated and nonmoderated
group.  Before you tell me that it's all in 2.11++, I admit I'm still running
2.10.3.  I just haven't made the time to put up 2.11 - I figured the renaming
of the mod groups would force me to do it.  I could go to management and say
``UseNet emergency... I've got to put up 2.11, so I'll be later on my other
projects'' - now Mark has gone and spoiled all that and I'll just have to 
find another way to make the time for 2.11.

>The Backbone Cabal.

In the memory of:
          C(lifford), A(rlington), B(uckingham), A(shley), and L(auderdale).


Gary..
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