Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!trb From: trb@floyd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Comments on the proposed "K" news system Message-ID: <1572@floyd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 19:51:36 EDT Article-I.D.: floyd.1572 Posted: Wed Jun 15 19:51:36 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 15:10:28 EDT References: vortex.61 Lines: 8 I think that the important feature of knews is not that it has IMPORTANT (evident and self-explanatory) keywords, but rather that it has keywords which can be used as handles to segregate discussions. Also, the matrix structure, even if only for the grouping of locales, is very appealing. Both of these features are sorely lacking in bnews. Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491