Post by Scott LurndalPost by CasperPost by LeonTitle says it all.
No. Google turned off the google groups gateway
to usenet in february.
Google doesn't control Usenet posts.
The "clowns" in the subject line that Leon referred
to were posting using google groups around the turn of
the year, the message bodies were mostly in Thai.
Yes, I remember. I sadly still see similar postings.
Post by Scott LurndalGoogle groups stopped supporting posting to usenet in February,
mainly because they weren't interested in policing the
posts that originated from GG.
Very probably true. No one, esecially businesses, wants to spend time
and money on futile things.
Are you posting from Google Groups? Are Leon and Puck?
I'm reading this post from rec.woodworking on Usenet. Not via GG.
I tried GG years ago but few groups I read were available. I stuck
with Usenet but it's a far cry from what it was and fading.
Let me know if you want a screenshot.
Post by Scott LurndalTo that extent, they control all usenet posts that originate
from Google Groups.
Yes, Google controls what comes from Google.
Post by Scott LurndalI've been on usenet since 1987.
Congrats! Nice to know I'm not alone.
I started in '81. I still miss my acoustic coupler.
As a few here I suspect do, I live in the land of CRAP (constant
reminder aches and pains) of old geeks.
I've been on Usenet too long. On EasyNews for 22.689 years alone and
more (previously) on Newscene, Giganews, and others. A number of
companies I worked for and with used newsgroups to communicate
technical information, before the days of online chat and IT
informational database applications. Now Usenet is just a place of
random junk posts of trojans, viruses, scams, and trolls, etc,.
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Anybody who wants to stay current on Usenet will need to find a new
client and network news transfer protocol serverthe post advises
Googling for help with those thingswhile the non-Usenet parts of
Google Groups will remain as they are today.
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Referenced from:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/end-of-an-era-google-groups-to-drop-usenet-support
Reminds me of a well known technical journalist (a.k.a. Bob Cringely)
who wrote an article decades ago saying broadband was dead. Many of my
collegues were in disbelief this guy would write said article that I
had to give them copies. Goes to prove we literally don't know what's
coming or the entire story. If broadband had died, Covid lockdown
would have been an entirely different experience. I'm glad it's not
dead and hope it gets broader and faster.
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Bob Cringely says Broadband is Dead (Article posted 2001-10-11 on PBS)
Friday Oct 12 2001 10:29 EDT by mszv
Cringley's latest pulpit reads comprehensive last rites over the still
warm and twitching body of the broadband industry. CLECs, Telcos,
ISPs, Cable providers and even the broadband porno industry, are all
condemned as at best, stagnant, at worst doomed. Over to the man
himself:
By this, I mean that the industry for providing homes and individual
users with Internet access at speeds in excess of 500
kilobits-per-second is not generally viable, and the current players
in that business are likely to decline over time. There will be little
or no growth in broadband subscriptions over this next year, and it
will be very hard for broadband ISPs to be profitable.
Taking a leaf from the book of a contrarian wall street trader, one
who sells gold when his cab driver starts to buy it, one could say
that now everything is known to be doomed, is it time for the
strongest to start making some real money?
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Maybe I should update that tagline? lol!
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