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From: weiqigao AT crl DOT com ("Weiqi Gao")
Subject: Re: This mail list in a news group
19 Jan 1997 13:12:55 -0800 :
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Keet <Keetnet AT wilmington DOT net> wrote:

> >comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.gnu-win32
> >comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32.gnu-win32
> >cygnus.public.gnuccplusplusnt95win32.chat
> >
> 
> why so complex? not everyone who uses Cygnus GNU is a rocket scientist.
try
> something simple like:
> 
> comp.cygnus.unix2win32
> comp.compiler.cygnus.unix2win32
> 
> or something along those lines. short, to the point, and makes sense.

comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.* is where everything else Windowsish is. 
The thought being that its might be easier to blend into the crowd there.

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