Aunc.1324
net.news
utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!smb
Mon Oct 26 19:25:48 1981
change of names netnews and USENET (cbosgd.127 followup)
Mark, we picked "Usenet" in deliberate imitation of "Usenix", (one of) the
UNIX User's Groups.  At the time, we hoped that it might become "the
official network" of Usenix.

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