[ietf-nntp] Re: ietf-nntp Niggles

[Charles Lindsey]

In <87n09smr2v.fsf at windlord.stanford.edu> Russ Allbery <rra at stanford.edu> writes:

>Clive D W Feather <clive at demon.net> writes:

>>> One query - we have "global Usenet system" in the text. Should this
>>> change to "global Netnews system" or not.

>> Any opinions?

>When talking about the global system, it sounds to me like we're talking
>about the instantiation of the protocol and Usenet is appropriate.

Agreed.

I suppose Usenet2 (does it still exist?) could be described as "A" global
Netnews system but, by and large, Usenet it "THE" global Netnews system.

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