PC-DOS 3.3

[Jules Richardson]

Pete Turnbull wrote:
> On Dec 14 2005,  0:58, Jules Richardson wrote:
> 
>> wow, no I hadn't. They make that rather obscure!
> 
> I only discovered it recently.  I'd almost given up using it, for all
> the reaons you gave.  As I see it, Google itself is easy to use, gives
> you the information you want by and large, in a sensible presentation.
>  Google Groups doesn't fare well by comparison, so I use it
> infrequently.
> 
>> well, I stand corrected. I might have to start liking Google again :)
> 
> I wouldn't go that far :-)  I said it "mostly" works.  And the
> interface and layout still sucks.

Oh sure, they still broke it as compared to the old interface - presumably in 
an attempt to appeal to the morons out there who can't think beyond the 
concept of a web forum :)

Browsing the archive is much harder than it used to be, but at least the data 
*is* there in an unmasked form, which was the bit I was most concerned about.

One day in a museum capacity I might approach them to see if I can get a copy 
of the raw archive data for some relevant computing groups (for the purposes 
of a local rather than online archive, to avoid anyone getting worried about 
competition). I'd be interesting to see whether they have a "defend our 
assets" big-business attitude or a "sure, we're doing this as an important 
archival tool" one... (or something inbetween)

(incidentally out of habit I still type www.deja.com to get to the groups 
interface :-)

cheers

Jules