Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:28:22 +0100 From: Colin Stamp <col.dustbinnospamp.plus.com> Subject: Re: Google Groups
On 28 Mar 2006 14:47:48 GMT, Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> wrote: >On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:45:18 +0300, Simo <nobody.herenospamly.not.invalid> wrote: >>> Isn't the internet wonderful?!! >> >> On a broader note, Google Groups is pretty much what should be the reason >> for users to keep many a usenet group lively. Many forums and discussion >> boards work just a well and yes, with a browser. But most of them are not >> archived properly, if at all. Good information gets lost. >> >> I too have found cure for my Saab's rare illness from Google Groups. > >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. It was a much better service when it was run by Deja though, but you can't have everything, I suppose.. Cheers, Colin
