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From: pschl...@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck)
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Subject: The Early History of Usenet
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2023 12:32:09 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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by: Paul W. Schleck - Sun, 3 Dec 2023 12:32 UTC

"November 2019 is, as best I can recall, the 40th anniversary of the
conception of Usenet. (What's Usenet? The Wikipedia article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

is ok but not perfect.) I should have written a proper paper; instead,
there will (probably) be an irregular series of blog posts. I'll do Part
I of N tonight.

Here is the table of contents, actual and projected, for this series.

I. The Early History of Usenet: Prologue
II. The Technological Setting
III. Hardware and Economics
IV. File Format
V. Implementation and User Experience
VI. Authentication and Norms
VII. The Public Announcement
VIII. Usenet Growth and B-news
IX. The Great Renaming
X. Retrospective Thoughts
XI. Errata"

https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2019-11/2019-11-14.html

Bus error -- please leave by the rear door.

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