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!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!stc!inset!mikeb From: mikeb@inset.UUCP (Mike Banahan) Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.internat Subject: Re: net.internat Message-ID: <774@inset.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 07:22:41 EST Article-I.D.: inset.774 Posted: Fri Nov 1 07:22:41 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 09:48:33 EST References: <6659@boring.UUCP> <652@stc-b.stc.UUCP> <513@seismo.CSS.GOV> <219@l5.uucp> <10818@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <987@erix.UUCP> Reply-To: mikeb@inset.UUCP (Mike Banahan) Organization: The Instruction Set Ltd., London, UK. Lines: 25 Xref: watmath net.news.group:4207 net.internat:17 Xpath: stc stc-a In article <987@erix.UUCP> robert@erix.UUCP (Robert Virding) writes: >UNIX isn't the whole world (most of it maybe, but not >all of it :-)). Maybe net.internat is a bad name but net.intnl sounds >more like net.internal. Why not net.international? > Can I add my little bit? I guess that it's a bit of flame: FLAME ON Who the **** cares what the **** the group is called? I don't care if it is called net.pig's-bladder as long as the contents is on the subject of internationalisation. I am *strongly* reminded of that famous debate about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Let's get on with debating character sets, collating sequences, natural language messages - not the name of the newsgroup. FLAME OFF Aah, it's good to get that out of my system. -- Mike Banahan, Technical Director, The Instruction Set Ltd. mcvax!ukc!inset!mikeb