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From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <tb+usenet@becket.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] List <-> News gateway?
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:14:21 +0000
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Roger Peppe <rog@vitanuova.com> writes:

> i don't see how they could have different spirits when they they've
> always been (more-or-less) the same thing.

9fans is a mailing list, which culturally, gets whatever charter it
wants.  By its very title, it's a list for fans of Plan 9.

Usenet groups, such as comp.os.FOO have much broader charters.  It is
not reasonable to restrict comp.os.FOO to only fans of FOO.