Rev. Newt Zest said:Douglas - the photo boy......claims to be the creator of usent way
back in '89 with his BBS.
http://groups.google.com.au/group/aus.photo/msg/01b383a7d3a33dc3
Douglas - the photo boy......claims to be the creator of usent way back in
'89 with his BBS.
http://groups.google.com.au/group/aus.photo/msg/01b383a7d3a33dc3
Rev. Newt Zest said:See this old thread for the truth:-
http://groups.google.com/group/aus.tv/browse_frm/thread/589aeac6797aa75d/83df0d9648719aa6
Wrong:
Die Usenetgeschichte beginnt - wie nicht anders zu erwarten - in den
USA. Dort wurde das Usenet von Tom Truscott, Steve Bellovin und Jim
Ellis 1979 als Verbindung zweier UNIX-Rechner an der University of
North Carolina und der Duke University aus der Taufe gehoben. Der
Datenaustausch erfolgte über herkömmliche Telefonleitungen mit dem
UNIX-Protokoll UUCP (UNIX To UNIX Copy).
Schon bald wurden weitere Rechner in das Netz integriert, wegen des
verwendeten UUCP-Protokolls war das Netz jedoch auf UNIX-Rechner
beschränkt.
Über UUCP bestand die Möglichkeit, zum einen persönliche Nachrichten
auszutauschen (E-Mail), zum anderen in öffentlichen Foren
teilzunehmen.
Wrong:
Die Usenetgeschichte beginnt - wie nicht anders zu erwarten - in den
USA. Dort wurde das Usenet von Tom Truscott, Steve Bellovin und Jim
Ellis 1979 als Verbindung zweier UNIX-Rechner an der University of
North Carolina und der Duke University aus der Taufe gehoben. Der
Datenaustausch erfolgte über herkömmliche Telefonleitungen mit dem
UNIX-Protokoll UUCP (UNIX To UNIX Copy).
Schon bald wurden weitere Rechner in das Netz integriert, wegen des
verwendeten UUCP-Protokolls war das Netz jedoch auf UNIX-Rechner
beschränkt.
Über UUCP bestand die Möglichkeit, zum einen persönliche Nachrichten
auszutauschen (E-Mail), zum anderen in öffentlichen Foren
teilzunehmen.
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Usenet creator dead
RIP Jim Ellis
By Kieren McCarthy ? More by this author
Published Friday 29th June 2001 12:32 GMT
Looking for a new job? Find something new with Reg Jobs
One of the two men behind Usenet, Jim Ellis, has died aged 45. He died at his home in
Pennsylvania yesterday morning after losing his battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Jim, together with fellow Duke University graduate Tom Truscott, came up with concept of Usenet
- basically linking two computers together to share information - in 1979, predating the Web by
10 years. Steve Bellovin then wrote the first program, with Steve Daniel contributing to the
first widely used version.
In 1980, it consisted of just two sites - one at Duke University and another in the University
of North Carolina. However it became extremely popular very quickly as a means of sharing
information across the globe and before the arrival of the Web was the largest decentralised
store of information ever known.
In 1993, it had 1,200 newsgroups covering every imaginable topic from in-depth techie articles
to home-spun philosophy. It also created the culture of flames - abusive emails. By 1999, the
number of groups had grown to 37,000.
Jim and Tom Truscott initially came up with the idea of Usenet based on their knowledge of
ARPANET but wanted a single program that could allow file sharing for universities outside the
DARPA R&D organisation.
They called a meeting to thrash out the idea which Steve Bellovin attended. Steve then wrote the
first version in Unix Bourne shell. It was simple but effective - it periodically checked the
"last saved" time-stamp of each file in a certain directory, and then sent any new updated files
to another computer over a modem link.
The program was then rewritten - with Steve Daniel's input - and given away free. It has since
been rewritten twice - once in 1982 and again in 1989, getting more efficient each time. Despite
its enormous success, none of the original creators ever made a penny out of Usenet.
Jim Ellis was a key pioneer of the electronic age and has been rewarded for his contribution
numerous times through awards. In 1993, he shared the bill with Vinton Cerf, Ward Christensen,
Dave Hughes and Paul Baran at the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Awards. In 1995 he
was given the Usenix Lifetime Achievement Award.
After leaving North Carolina, he worked for the Super Computing Center in Pittsburgh and then
joined Sun, working from his home. His wife Carolyn said of him yesterday: "He had a good wit.
He loved bridge. He loved his family of course. He was not afraid of his impending death."
Rest in peace Jim Ellis. ®
Look it up for yourselves if you don't believe it...it was all over the Web!!
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit
Scribner said:On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:00:50 +1100, "Rev. Newt Zest"
Douglas - the photo boy......claims to be the creator of usent way back in
'89 with his BBS.
http://groups.google.com.au/group/aus.photo/msg/01b383a7d3a33dc3
Wrong:
Die Usenetgeschichte beginnt - wie nicht anders zu erwarten - in den
USA. Dort wurde das Usenet von Tom Truscott, Steve Bellovin und Jim
Ellis 1979 als Verbindung zweier UNIX-Rechner an der University of
North Carolina und der Duke University aus der Taufe gehoben. Der
Datenaustausch erfolgte über herkömmliche Telefonleitungen mit dem
UNIX-Protokoll UUCP (UNIX To UNIX Copy).
Schon bald wurden weitere Rechner in das Netz integriert, wegen des
verwendeten UUCP-Protokolls war das Netz jedoch auf UNIX-Rechner
beschränkt.
Über UUCP bestand die Möglichkeit, zum einen persönliche Nachrichten
auszutauschen (E-Mail), zum anderen in öffentlichen Foren
teilzunehmen.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Usenet creator dead
RIP Jim Ellis
By Kieren McCarthy ? More by this author
Published Friday 29th June 2001 12:32 GMT
Looking for a new job? Find something new with Reg Jobs
One of the two men behind Usenet, Jim Ellis, has died aged 45. He died at his home in
Pennsylvania yesterday morning after losing his battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Jim, together with fellow Duke University graduate Tom Truscott, came up with concept of Usenet
- basically linking two computers together to share information - in 1979, predating the Web by
10 years. Steve Bellovin then wrote the first program, with Steve Daniel contributing to the
first widely used version.
In 1980, it consisted of just two sites - one at Duke University and another in the University
of North Carolina. However it became extremely popular very quickly as a means of sharing
information across the globe and before the arrival of the Web was the largest decentralised
store of information ever known.
In 1993, it had 1,200 newsgroups covering every imaginable topic from in-depth techie articles
to home-spun philosophy. It also created the culture of flames - abusive emails. By 1999, the
number of groups had grown to 37,000.
Jim and Tom Truscott initially came up with the idea of Usenet based on their knowledge of
ARPANET but wanted a single program that could allow file sharing for universities outside the
DARPA R&D organisation.
They called a meeting to thrash out the idea which Steve Bellovin attended. Steve then wrote the
first version in Unix Bourne shell. It was simple but effective - it periodically checked the
"last saved" time-stamp of each file in a certain directory, and then sent any new updated files
to another computer over a modem link.
The program was then rewritten - with Steve Daniel's input - and given away free. It has since
been rewritten twice - once in 1982 and again in 1989, getting more efficient each time. Despite
its enormous success, none of the original creators ever made a penny out of Usenet.
Jim Ellis was a key pioneer of the electronic age and has been rewarded for his contribution
numerous times through awards. In 1993, he shared the bill with Vinton Cerf, Ward Christensen,
Dave Hughes and Paul Baran at the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Awards. In 1995 he
was given the Usenix Lifetime Achievement Award.
After leaving North Carolina, he worked for the Super Computing Center in Pittsburgh and then
joined Sun, working from his home. His wife Carolyn said of him yesterday: "He had a good wit.
He loved bridge. He loved his family of course. He was not afraid of his impending death."
Rest in peace Jim Ellis. ®
Look it up for yourselves if you don't believe it...it was all over the Web!!
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit
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You mean that it wasn't Al Gore??!!
No.