OT: Couple of google groups questions

[John Lawson]

On Fri, 27 May 2005, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

>
> Nobody uses Usenet any more (much to my own personal chagrin as I found it
> very useful for many things, as I'm sure others did/do).
>
> The web has basically supplanted the usefulness of Usenet, but gone is
> the quick and simple interface.

   Ummm, nope!  I still subscribe to 10 or 15 newsgroups - antique radio, 
ham stuff, vintage tube stuff, etc.  And I read it using Tin under a Unix 
shell account.


>
> Long live Usenet!


  Ain't quite dead, yet....


Cheers

John