[geeks] RANT (ftp)

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 12:09:00PM -0400, kevin marshall wrote:
>> I suppose i could be wrong, but i would think that the number of
>> AOL users who are even aware of the existence of Usenet would
>> have to number very low. That might not have been the case 15
>> years ago, but now...
> 
> It was bad enough to cause "The September That Never Ended":
> http://catb.org/jargon/html/S/September-that-never-ended.html
> 
> Fortunately, it ended in January 2005:
> http://www.betanews.com/article/AOL_Pulls_Plug_on_Newsgroup_Service/1106664611

Or, it would have, had Google Groups not come online.

Peace...  Sridhar