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

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From: Tom W. Brown
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:15
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In article <1992Nov9.153714.13488@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>, cosham@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Cosham) writes:
|> 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.

There was a RFD for a comp.windows reorganization awhile ago (along the
lines of comp.gui).  I posted a reply on news.groups in favor of this, but
haven't seen much else.  Anyone know the status of this discussion?


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