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Frank Schmitt <usereplyto@Frank-Schmitt.net> writes:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:
>
>> merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:
>>
>> I believe that there were both a "Gnus" and a "Gnews" before Masanubo
>> Umeda stepped in.  If I'm not mistaken, his first version was 2.x, and
>> it was built upon a mostly dormant "Gnus" tree from before that.
>
> I think his name is Masanobu Umeda, there are quite some hits when
> googeling for his name, so perhaps we should just ask him?

Yup ... I was thinking the same thing, and I've already started writing
him a polite query about this (with his name spelled correctly!).  I'm
going to send it off in a few minutes, unless someone objects strongly.

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com