Re: USENET or Usenet

Eric S. Raymond (esr@locke.ccil.org)
Thu, 27 Oct 1994 15:03:18 -0400 (EDT)

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> The very oldest documents -- the ones shipped with A News, dated 18 Dec
> 1980 -- use "USENET". So that was definitely the original form.
>
> However, "Usenet" is much the commonest form now, and has been for some
> time. For example, the Nutshell Handbook on UUCP and Usenet, which dates
> back to the mid-1980s, uses "Usenet". The revised version of that book,
> which Dave Lawrence and I are working on now, will use "Usenet" throughout.

I guess my age is showing. The Jargon File uses USENET throughout. I'll
switch over, I guess, if the replies keep running in this direction.

-- 
					Eric S. Raymond <esr@locke.ccil.org>

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