Usenet and Google Groups

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/31/21 2:21 PM, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
> At 06:01 PM 1/30/2021, you wrote:
>>>> Which Henry was that?  Henry Spencer perhaps?
>>> Yes, Henry Spencer (formerly of zoo.toronto.edu).
>>> N.
>>
>> Another blast from the past.  I haven't seen anything of or spoken with him in nearly 30 years.
> 
> A legend, indeed, and one that only makes me upset about Google's Usenet archive.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Spencer
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Groups
> 
> Couldn't Google just give someone else a copy of what Spencer
> (and everyone else) gave them?
> 

As my age catches up on me (more lately) I really miss many of
the people I knew in the early USENIX years.  Sadly, they seem
to be fading from my memories faster every day now.

bill