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From: Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Promoting Ada via facebook/google+ ....
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:39:53 +0300
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On 12-10-08 22:25 , Michael Erdmann wrote:

> For direct communication usenet groups are technically outdated.

I disagree. For technical discussions the threading, commenting, quoting
are better than on any web-based forum I have seen. And no dam*ed
"registering" needed. All that is "missing" are the coloured
blinkenlights -- what a good thing. But I admit that tastes may differ.

> Tooks me half a day last week to find a provider with an news server
> where i could hook in

There are independent Usenet services that you can use from any ISP. I
use news.individual.net, a cheap one. There are free ones too, I believe.

-- 
Niklas Holsti
Tidorum Ltd
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