Gerry Hickman wrote:
> I first found FreeDOS on NNTP (hard to believe?) but I quickly noticed
> everyone was using the mailing list instead so I had no choice.
That's a thing _I_ can't understand too.
I think, closed mailing lists are even more worse than web forums. For
every little feedback, e
On 9/12/06, Gerry Hickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I first found FreeDOS on NNTP (hard to believe?) but
I lost some because Google returns news:alt.os.free_dos instead of
news:alt.os.free-dos which is much more active. Maybe a regularly
posted FAQ on these two newsgroups (and also on
news:com
Stegozor wrote:
> Sure, but PHP forums are taking more and more people away from USENET.
> As for me, I don't think I'll be able to use web based forums instead
> of NNTP any time soon. Newsgroups are so convenient.
I agree with you about PHP forums. I never understood why they are
popular. I ha
On 9/9/06, Gerry Hickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Markus,
Hi,
> It's not dying, and it's not spam. These are misconceptions of people
> don't use newsgroups. Young people who are interested in low level
> open-source programming certainly do use newsgroups.
Sure, but PHP forums are taking
Hi Markus,
It's not dying, and it's not spam. These are misconceptions of people
don't use newsgroups. Young people who are interested in low level
open-source programming certainly do use newsgroups.
The "web" does not have the advanced information. The web only has the
beginners guide. If yo
Hi Gerry
>>I don't do news groups.
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>I think that's a shame; newsgroups have wider reach, they are also a
>
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news is a dying thing. i grew up with it, but u would hardly find ppl in
the "young generation" that even knew that such a thing exists.
a lot of universities here closed t
