John Bokma wrote: > "T Beck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [snip] > > alongside of it. The internet is a free-flowing evolving place... to > > try to protect one little segment like usenet from ever evolving is > > just ensuring it's slow death, IMHO. > > And if so, who cares? As long as people hang out on Usenet it will stay. > Does Usenet need al those extra gimmicks? To me, it would be nice if a > small set would be available. But need? No. > > The death of Usenet has been predicted for ages. And I see only more and > more groups, and maybe more and more people on it. > > As long as people who have to say something sensible keep using it, it > will stay. > I suppose I was (as many people on the internet have a bad habit of doing) being more caustic than was strictly necessary. I don't really forsee the death of usenet anytime soon, I just don't think the idea of it evolving is necessarily bad. I don't really have alot of vested interest one way or the other, to be honest, and I'm perfectly happy with the way it is.
I just think it's a naive view to presume it never will change, because change is what the internet as a whole was built on. I think I'll calmly butt out now ^_^ -- T Beck -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
