Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 + RN 4.3; site inset.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!ukc!stc!inset!nick From: nick@inset.UUCP (Nick Stoughton) Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.internat Subject: Re: net.internat Message-ID: <766@inset.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 13:29:42 EST Article-I.D.: inset.766 Posted: Tue Oct 29 13:29:42 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 08:57:03 EST References: <6659@boring.UUCP> <652@stc-b.stc.UUCP> <513@seismo.CSS.GOV> <219@l5.uucp> <10818@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: nick@inset.UUCP (Nick Stoughton) Organization: The Instruction Set Ltd., London, UK. Lines: 21 Xref: linus net.news.group:3424 net.internat:71 Xpath: stc stc-a In article <10818@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU (Erik E. &) writes: >Naming is important. Since EUUG is a UNIX users group, and since this >network is 98% UNIX machines, I expect that the content of the group >will be about internationalizing UNIX (particularly since we, as a group >of people, have more influence over UNIX than any other operating system). >Therefore, let's call it net.unix.intnl > Whilst (and unfortunately) it may be true that UNIX will have a big influence on the discussions on this newsgroup, it should not ne bounded to just discussions on internationalising that Operating System. Naming it net.unix.intnl may scare off otherwise valuable contributions merely because they are not about UNIX. I think the name should stay! -------- Nick Stoughton nick@inset.co.uk Am I a mere sheep?? nick@inset.UUCP ...!ukc!inset!nick