Future of cctalk/cctech

[Bill Degnan]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 12:13 AM jim stephens via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

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> On 6/16/2020 4:43 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
> > Although we all know Google will be around forever
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> they destroyed dejanews despite promising to keep it.
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> A few long threads I discussed things with Tanenbaum and a guy named
> Torvalds, gone.
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> Also some responses from a guy named DMR.
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> Google.  uh no, not a fan.  Remember google plus?  Google hangouts is
> gone this year.  I hold a grudge.  Could go on.  If they get bored with
> groups, wonder if they'll do a better job preserving it.
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> thanks
> Jim
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I hope this group can continue to maintain the same mailer, so that there
is an archive continuity.

I know from my own network that hosting services can be a thankless job,
but hand over the content to a "free" resource is essentially giving away
that which makes this a special, I dependent group.
Bill Degnan
Vintagecomputer.net

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