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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
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Subject: Re: Call For Discussion: comp.sys.mac reorganization
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Date: 21 Feb 90 15:39:38 GMT
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In article <4003@hub.UUCP> 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu writes:
>Some alternatives I've thought of just now for comp.sys.mac.os might be...
>
>   comp.sys.mac.system-folder     /* my fave so far */

Too long.

>   comp.sys.mac.system            /* hmmm. redundant? */

Not redundant in the macintosh context.  I think this would be an
improvement over comp.sys.mac.os; "os" is indeed a fuzzy concept
on the macintosh, now that you mention it.

>   comp.sys.mac.inits-das         /* a little abitrarily specific */

A little too *something*; blech.
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Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
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