24 Jan
2006
24 Jan
'06
3:45 p.m.
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:32:18 -0500
Roger Merchberger <zmerch at 30below.com> wrote:
Rumor has it that John Foust may have mentioned these
words:
It's perhaps utopian to say so, but Usenet isn't supposed to be
dependent on any corporate entity to survive. In fact, it's
based on a decentralized model, and should be dependent on NO
corporate master at all.
And Google has swallowed up the old archives. I haven't seen a
place where I can order it up ad-free on a set of 16 DVD-ROM
disks, yet the classic content COULD be packaged that way fairly
easily, and at low cost.
At 08:53 AM 1/22/2006, Scott Stevens wrote:
>Usenet is _hoarded_ by Google, not maintained.
>The idea of Usenet being 'maintained' by one corporate entity
>goes against all the principles of Usenet.
Except the only reason it's being maintained by one corporate entity is
because *no* other corporate entities give a rip.