 Doctor FourMy other vehicle is a TARDISPremium
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Dallas, TX | [Newsgroups] Efforts to save Duke University's Usenet Server said by Slyck.com :
The story of the newsgroups began in 1979 at Duke University. There, students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis brought to life one of the most enduring aspects of the Internet - Usenet, or the newsgroups. Usenet was the first public social gathering places, where people could find common topics to discuss a wide variety of subjects; for example, the newsgroup talk.politics.misc would focus its subject matter on political discussion. The variety of topics, even to this day, continue to be near-endless.
After 30 years of service, it seems that Duke will be shutting down their news server, following a common trend among ISPs. Their rational isn't much different than RoadRunner, Sprint, or Verizon: low usage and high cost.
»www.slyck.com/story1949_The_Effo···t_Server
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Doctor FourMy other vehicle is a TARDISPremium
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Dallas, TX | reply to Doctor Four
It's considered a key piece of Internet history - one of the very first and original Usenet sites. There are some who would like it saved, though it is doubtful that Duke's OIT will reconsider their decision to shut it down.
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It would be a shame to see the server decommissioned. It is definitely a piece of Internet history. Hard to believe that Duke might discard it given their role in the creation of Usenet. We hope that a compromise can allow for the server to remain active or at least preserved for historical purposes.
- NGR
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