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Date: 28 Mar 2006 17:47:24 GMT
From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net>
Subject: Re: Google Groups


On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:28:22 +0100, Colin Stamp <col.dustbinnospamp.plus.com> wrote: > On 28 Mar 2006 14:47:48 GMT, Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> wrote: >>For the record, guys, this group was around for more than a decade >>before google existed. "google groups" is just a web-based newsreader >>program, this and the other groups are from an entity called "Usenet" >>which predates the www by many, many years. > Indeed, but the point about Google is the fact that it works as an > archive for usenet, which usenet doesn't do on it's own. It comes in > *very* handy sometimes. Yup. > It was a much better service when it was run by Deja though, but you > can't have everything, I suppose.. Well, dejanews never found a way to make it a paying proposition, I suppose.

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