2 Jun
2011
2 Jun
'11
9:37 p.m.
On 2 Jun 2011 at 13:25, Fred Cisin wrote:
> "For many years it maintained an almost
vegetative life, but on 20
> May, Duke University, Durham (USA), decided to unplug the server
> host that kept it alive: Usenet, the online network of discussion
> groups formally signed death . It was a precursor to the Internet,
> but mail, RSS, and especially Facebook and Twitter have sustituidoel
> service they provide."
I checked...DukeToday, May 17, 2010 edition:
"On May 20, Duke will shut down its Usenet server, which provides
access to a worldwide electronic discussion network of newsgroups
started in 1979 by two Duke graduate students, Tom Truscott and Jim
Ellis."
http://today.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html
"Hoy, las noticias de ayer." (I hope my rusty Spanish doesn't read
like Peggy Hill's).
--Chuck