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Subject: caPITalS
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Date: 31 Jul 88 09:18:34 GMT
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David Geary asks:
>    Thirdly, why did they name it NeWS instead of news?  Typing
>CAPITAL N e CAPITAL W CAPITAL S is a pain.
I tHiNk iTs a FaD.  Look aT LaTeX and TeX and PostScript.  jUSt A moDERN
tHinG lIKe hULa hOOPS, eVERYbody hAS tO dO iT.  iT wIlL GO AWAY eVENTually.
But in the meantime, why don't we just refuse
to type the capitals?  Anybody out there want to help me start a boycott?
News and latex and postscript are great without the capitals!
Tom Schneider