[OT] : Google's 20 Year Usenet Timeline

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Mario Alvares

"Google has fully integrated the past 20 years of Usenet archives into
Google Groups, which now offers access to more than 800 million messages
dating back to 1981. This is by far the most complete collection of
Usenet articles ever assembled and a fascinating first-hand historical
account.

We compiled some especially memorable articles and threads in the
timeline below. For example, read Tim Berners-Lee's announcement of what
became the World Wide Web or Linus Torvalds' post about his "pet project".

http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html
 
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Reader

Mario said:
"Google has fully integrated the past 20 years of Usenet archives into
Google Groups, which now offers access to more than 800 million
messages dating back to 1981. This is by far the most complete
collection of Usenet articles ever assembled and a fascinating
first-hand historical account.

We compiled some especially memorable articles and threads in the
timeline below. For example, read Tim Berners-Lee's announcement of
what became the World Wide Web or Linus Torvalds' post about his "pet
project".
http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html
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Welcome to 2001... you only discovered this now? :)
 
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Guest

Mario Alvares said:
"Google has fully integrated the past 20 years of Usenet archives into
Google Groups, which now offers access to more than 800 million messages
dating back to 1981. This is by far the most complete collection of
Usenet articles ever assembled and a fascinating first-hand historical
account.

We compiled some especially memorable articles and threads in the
timeline below. For example, read Tim Berners-Lee's announcement of what
became the World Wide Web or Linus Torvalds' post about his "pet project".

http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html
Click to expand...

They should have added

2004 Google introduces millions of (ignorant) internet users to usenet
through their convenient web interface and begins to kill off the resource
they are archiving.
 
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Tony \(UK\)

They should have added

2004 Google introduces millions of (ignorant) internet users to usenet
through their convenient web interface and begins to kill off the resource
they are archiving.
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And of course when you first started using a computer, you were immediately
an expert?
 
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Guest

Tony \(UK\) said:
And of course when you first started using a computer, you were immediately
an expert?
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Nothing to do with expertise.

Usenet is a resource because people read it and contribute when they are
able.

The vast majority of those accessing usenet via google do not read it. They
search it and occasionally (and dumbly) contribute to a thread which
finished 2 years ago. Or they post their question which often takes the
form:-

Hi,
Solve my problem for me
Thnx

then only read any thread which develops. A large proportion of google
users have never made a usenet post outside a thread which they started
with a question.

Google has mostly introduced millions of information leeches to usenet and
those that currently read usenet and provide information will soon get
pissed off feeding them.
 
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Reader

nospam said:
The vast majority of those accessing usenet via google do not read
it. They search it and occasionally (and dumbly) contribute to a
thread which finished 2 years ago.
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Er, Google Groups doesn't let you reply to old posts...
 
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P8 Fee69

nospam said:
Nothing to do with expertise.

Usenet is a resource because people read it and contribute when they
are
able.

The vast majority of those accessing usenet via google do not read it.
They
search it and occasionally (and dumbly) contribute to a thread which
finished 2 years ago. Or they post their question which often takes
the
form:-

Hi,
Solve my problem for me
Thnx

then only read any thread which develops. A large proportion of google
users have never made a usenet post outside a thread which they
started
with a question.

Google has mostly introduced millions of information leeches to usenet
and
those that currently read usenet and provide information will soon get
pissed off feeding them.
Click to expand...


And someone like yourself with no life has the justification to complain
because....?
 
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