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Article #21Important Announcement about the group renaming (read this!)
From: mark
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1987 00:01
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1987 00:01
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As you all know, a few months ago the backbone sites and other people involved in the maintenance and planning for USENET made the decision to globally rename the groups in the hope of clearing up the sometimes confusing or incorrect names used. We've been evaluating the the network since the conversion was done, and we are disappointed with the results. The renaming simply hasn't had the positive effects that we had hoped. Our choice, therefore, is clear, and we must regretfully declare the renaming as a failed experiment. Therefore, we have decided that effective May 1, 1987, we will begin the task of dismantling what we have done and returning all of the groups to their original names. We're sorry for any inconvenience this might cause. We will publish a list of the current names and the names the groups will return to shortly, along with a schedule for the renaming. Thank you for your cooperation in these unstable times, and again, we're sorry for any inconvenience. The Backbone Cabal.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!sun!cbosdg!mark From: mark@cbosdg.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.announce Subject: Important Announcement about the group renaming (read this!) Message-ID: <3.14159@cbosdg.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-Mar-87 19:01:01 EST Article-I.D.: cbosdg.3.14159 Posted: Tue Mar 31 19:01:01 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Apr-87 04:22:11 EST Organization: The Backbone Cabal, Inc. Lines: 19 Approved: Cabal@Kremvax.UUCP