Acbosgd.1365 net.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!zeppo!harpo!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Wed Jan 6 16:42:17 1982 Re: New Net Name Arachne is also a Greek Goddess (so they tell me) and seems to be what the name ARACHNET was based on. So we have (potentially) two Computer Science uses of the same name. Certainly this has been done before, but there is indeed something to be said for trying to keep the names unique, within reason. In practice, the votes seem to be running neck and neck between USENET and ARACHNET. Personally, I don't like ARACHNET, but then again I'm not the dictator. (I wonder why Wisconsin hasn't pointed out this duplication before? They get this stuff. Perhaps they don't consider it a duplication?) Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.