From: Csaba Henk <csaba@..._for_avoiding_spam.org>
Date: 2005-04-02T22:04:48+09:00
Subject: Re: [USENET] - Time for "comp.lang.ruby.announce" ?

On 2005-04-01, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:
> You know, I haven't been on a Usenet newsgroup in two years. I'm
> sure they're quite still busy, but they've completely fallen off my
> radar. I'll search Google Groups for answers sometimes, but IMO,
> there's little value in Usenet newsgroups anymore. (BTW, to
> forestall any questions -- I first used Usenet in 1989. I know my
> way around Usenet.)

In fact, there is no longer usenet as such.

There is some sort of communication on certain topics which appears in
many faces.

comp.lang.ruby and c.l.r in google groups and ruby-talk are interfaces
to the same abstract entity. Interfaces with different protocols.

It's better to speak of nttp interface. I personally find it much more
concise and convenient than anything else on earth. It so logical to
download only the headers with metainformation, and the actual messages
get pulled just in time. Not a ton of clutter like with a mailing list.
And you get pure content, its not crippled with rigid appearance like
web-based interfaces.

Long live nntp.

Csaba