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In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 07 September 2010, Al wrote: |
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>> >> I was trying to figure this out myself. I thought maybe I was missing |
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>> >> something in the message. Maybe not. |
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>> > Isn't the list aggregated into that news site gmain or whatever its |
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>> > called? |
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>> > Then he can have it as a newsgroup. |
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>> It's not the question how I read it, but a question how a majority of |
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>> users can read and write to it. That influences the culture and |
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>> athmosphere of communication. Also I think Volkers remark was very |
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>> ironical else he should best go back to his dishes. |
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>> Al |
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> up until today nobody ever mentioned news. Everybody was happy using mailing |
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> lists, forums or irc. |
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I'm reading your message via a usenet server. linux.gentoo.user is the |
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newsgroup. Replies of course go via the mailing list address. |
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> Or to phrase it differently: news is dying out quickly and gentoo never missed |
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> anything not having a newsgroups. |
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Usenet is dying because it doesn't attract new users. The old ones are |
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slowly dying out. |
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If usenet dies I'll use something else. No problem. |
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Regards, |
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Gregory. |
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