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From: Michael Erdmann <boavista@snafu.de>
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Subject: Re: Promoting Ada via facebook/google+ ....
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 06:42:41 +0200
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On 10/08/2012 10:39 PM, Niklas Holsti wrote:
> 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 For direct communication usenet groups are technically outdated.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.

True ,,

>
>> 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.
>

Actually that's the issue i meant by outdated ... I am afraid the
days of usenet newsgroups might be over in a forseeable future.


/Michael