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[Francis Ouellette]

CHERRY at FRODO.MGH.HARVARD.EDU (Mike Cherry 726-5955) writes:

>Francis Ouellette (francis at monod.Biol.McGill.CA) writes:

>>maybe this is a reason why we should have a general genome software
>>group, and not one specific to C. elegans. Maybe bionet.software.genome
>>would be a better idea (quick, where is my asbestos suit ... :)

>The proposed bionet.software.acedb group is NOT a group for questions
>about the worm database.

sorry Mike, but a name like "bionet.software.ACeDB"
					      ^^

will invite ACeDB users to ask questions about C. elegans ...

Are you not worried about this?

>I believe there are enough people using the ACEDB software (for
>whatever organism) to justify a separate group.

>bionet.software.acedb = the ACEDB software discussions
>                                  ^^^^^^^^

OK, but be aware of:

>bionet.software.acedb = the ACEDB software discussions
                              ^^

>However I included in the proposed charter that questions about any of
>the databases based on the ACEDB software would also be appropriate
>for the bionet.software.acedb group.

good!


regards,

francis

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| B.F. Francis Ouellette     * francis at monod.biol.mcgill.ca *
| Manager, Yeast Chromosome I and XVI Sequencing Projects
| Biology Dept, McGill University, Montreal, Qc, Canada  
|      "Je cherche a comprendre"  Jacques Monod