On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Gelastic Jew <[email protected]> wrote:
> But Google Groups pretty well messed up what utility it grabbed from Deja > News, and made a useless alternative to Usenet. Google always seems to > cancel the products I actually use and keep the ones that aren't different > enough from other available products. > > > I just don't know the story myself. Did Google "grab" from Deja News or were we about to lose access to Usenet forever and Google rescued a sinking ship? I just don't have those details, sorry, but maybe you do, in which case may I suggest cashing in and writing a tell all book? Lots of fascinating lore I'm sure. I liked 'Fire in the Valley' and that other one about Digital Equipment or whatever. http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Valley-Personal-Computer-Edition/dp/0071358927 http://www.amazon.com/Close-Machine-Technophilia-Its-Discontents/dp/1250002486/ Kirby -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/portland/attachments/20130917/9abf1685/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Portland mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland
