On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Matthias Apitz <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] | \ / - No HTML/RTF in E-mail > WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | X - No proprietary attachments > phone: +49-170-4527211 | / \ - Respect for open standards > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [email protected]" > -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
