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From: kevina@clark.net (Kevin Atkinson)
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Subject: Re: The Bible of Usenet *may* be changing its name...
Date: 24 Jan 1995 20:58:14 -0500
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In article <keoD2xor1.B66@netcom.com>,
Kyle Elisabeth Overstreet <keo@netcom.com> wrote:
>Klaus Weide (kweide@rainbow.uchicago.edu) wrote:
>
>: >The Bible of Usenet was originally called "USENET Bible."
>: >Some one then e-mailed me saying the name was confusing; he
>: >thought it meant USENET's *Holy* Bible.  I agreed with him
>: >and I changed the name to "Bible of Usenet."   Which is
>: >clearer, or so I thought.   I then latter got some e-mail
>: >from else saying that name is confusing and I should
>: [deleted]
>
>: As a compromise between not changing at all (for convenience, and
>: because you like the current name) and getting rid of the word "bible"
>: (to avoid confusion):
>: call it
>:   USENET "Bible"
>: or
>:  "Bible" of Usenet,
>
>A better term: The Usenet Concordance.

Maybe, but the word is a bit too fancy. 

But nevertheless maybe....


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