From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 27 11:45:57 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94A7D835 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:45:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-la0-x22a.google.com (mail-la0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::22a]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21ABB22B for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:45:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f42.google.com with SMTP id fe20so15513592lab.15 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:45:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=7DorcUAfQAWpyjlHYmJienQcw9uAYgXoi/Qev7C2ze4=; b=GyWaAA8DUQl2/l62h3/f3iAhx/cNTT2kCxCEf9j111A5c0hIL0PwiGcz3kWeTAd4RT S1rFxR+bFDBn8MqJTj8RdZuxCaq614yb/mIenK9j/eMkS92cttlctGQYjTNjUzw8fMWi X1rvFOmYLOmFMOFw8AoylwixWWnneqe8CI6sbtW7ydkdQaydj4KujDuROeT9T3uVaMtL +pw1Y4xqkbBbgS4AKL0eulbNORYRq/+dZWoDSt3bat6ZkxxwJLSSpgaEX7+rRCnxDla6 dGJqXFBBPjdC7BTjnlgQZsH9Iu/tE+kgRjxZfWUEo2z/SzPI+rTP/aRQXyqi4jpky58x DadQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.132.36 with SMTP id or4mr10242795lab.8.1364384755999; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:45:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.8.40 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:45:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.169.51] In-Reply-To: <20130327094925.GA2867@tinyCurrent> References: <20130327094925.GA2867@tinyCurrent> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:45:55 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: OT: The future of USENET? From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Matthias Apitz X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnP10gcSy9vjyzFW3F/36hksTJeux6j3a5Pm1I7rMCISPoeEbxA37FeCkJ+mndBMLtI8E+b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:45:57 -0000 On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > Hello, > > This is a bit OT, but maybe some of you FreeBSD folks are as well > affected like me and/or have any answer or comments... > > In the past I've used a lot the so called newsgroups, even running my own > inn > news server for our company and nn as the newsreader. I liked to post > there technical (and other) questions and answers, or I've google'ed for > solutions. > > Nowadays there is a big silence :-( > Where have all the people gone? Is USENET coming to its end? > Well, the public Usenet forums are dwindling, but still there, and some of them are still quite active. Usenet is also still doing well in closed communities which can afford to run a newsserver (e.g. some Universities). I wouldn't write off Usenet yet; neither as a technology nor as a real network. -cpghost. > matthias > -- > Matthias Apitz | /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: > www.asciiribbon.org > E-mail: guru@unixarea.de | \ / - No HTML/RTF in E-mail > WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | X - No proprietary attachments > phone: +49-170-4527211 | / \ - Respect for open standards > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/