From: Yves Dhondt on
Considering the amount of websites which provide portals to these
newsgroups, including Google, they might stay alive a bit longer than
expected.

Yves

"Graham Mayor" <gmayor(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message
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> "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote in message
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>> But y'know what? They *don't* own usenet! There simply is no way for
>> them to kill these groups. They can turn off their server, but the
>> groups will live on. :-)
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> Unfortunately they die on their own, by virtue of the fact that most
> people are completely unaware of them :(
> Usenet is the best part of the internet, but presentation is far more
> important than content (bullsh*t baffles brains), so lets make everything
> far more difficult :(
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From: Karl E. Peterson on
Graham Mayor wrote:
> "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote...
>> But y'know what? They *don't* own usenet! There simply is no way for them
>> to kill these groups. They can turn off their server, but the groups will
>> live on. :-)
>
> Unfortunately they die on their own, by virtue of the fact that most people
> are completely unaware of them :(

Good thing they gave us a couple months to raise awareness! <eg>

> Usenet is the best part of the internet, but presentation is far more
> important than content (bullsh*t baffles brains), so lets make everything far
> more difficult :(

I still blame Ronald Reagan for that... <gd&r>

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