Re: Hey, this is windows.misc, not mswindows....

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From: Mark Cosham
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 15:37

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In <camh.721270771@balrog> camh@nms.otca.oz.au (Cameron Hutchison) writes:

>cosham@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Cosham) writes:
>>	I'm getting a trifle annoyed with all the MS-WINDOWS postings to
>>this group.  There are specific groups setup for MS-WINDOWS and those
>>postings should not be sent to this group.

>This is something that is going to keep happening. The only way to
>fix it would be to rename it to comp.gui.misc (or something equally
>appropriate, just anything without "windows" in it).

>Is it worthwhile doing this? Too much hassle to change the whole
>comp.windows... hierarchy? Maybe someone wants to start the ball
>rolling, as I have no idea what needs to be done to change the name.

I quite agree with this.  I am a MS-WINDOWS user myself, but I like to
keep up with what's happening with other GUIs.

Mark Cosham
-- 
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