OT: Eudora (was: Microsoft doesn't like ClassicCmp?

[Scott Stevens]

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:32:18 -0500
Roger Merchberger <zmerch at 30below.com> wrote:

> Rumor has it that John Foust may have mentioned these words:
> >At 08:53 AM 1/22/2006, Scott Stevens wrote:
> > >Usenet is _hoarded_ by Google, not maintained.
> > >The idea of Usenet being 'maintained' by one corporate entity
> > >goes against all the principles of Usenet.
> 
> Except the only reason it's being maintained by one corporate entity is 
> because *no* other corporate entities give a rip.
> 

It's perhaps utopian to say so, but Usenet isn't supposed to be
dependent on any corporate entity to survive.  In fact, it's
based on a decentralized model, and should be dependent on NO
corporate master at all.

And Google has swallowed up the old archives.  I haven't seen a
place where I can order it up ad-free on a set of 16 DVD-ROM
disks, yet the classic content COULD be packaged that way fairly
easily, and at low cost.