Aduke.1283 net.news utzoo!decvax!duke!swd Tue Oct 27 14:33:15 1981 Re: cbosgd.127: change of names netnews and USENET Well, the idea of changing USENET's name is good, but I have objections (of course) to the proposed 'newsnet'. 1) we need a more exciting name. 2) its not really a news network. much of what is transmitted is not news according to traditional definitions of news. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.