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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: comp.sw.components
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Date: 23 Feb 89 15:05:08 GMT
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In article <4455@hubcap.UUCP>, billwolf@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe,2847,) writes:
>    There appears to be a general lifecycle of mailing list -> newsgroup;

Often true, but not always.

>    it is my understanding that the mailing list is counted as a block of
>    "YES" votes when such a transition is being considered.

Not so. I am currently running the vote for comp.unix.i386. I suppose I could
have included the entire complement of the existing mailing list, but that
would be unethical. Some people prefer the mailing-list format, you know.
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