Aunc.1324 net.news utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!smb Mon Oct 26 19:25:48 1981 change of names netnews and USENET (cbosgd.127 followup) Mark, we picked "Usenet" in deliberate imitation of "Usenix", (one of) the UNIX User's Groups. At the time, we hoped that it might become "the official network" of Usenix. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.