If you want to look at them, ftp to arthur.cs.purdue.edu, and get the
files ~ftp/pub/spaf/{rename,usenet2}.Z
rename contains mail traffic related to my first start at renaming
some groups. I don't have the archive of the mailing list &
discussion that followed, but you can see the obvious beginnings of
the "grand renaming" fully months before the Atlanta Usenix where we
agreed on a final plan.
usenet2 started out with my wanting to have a mailing list where we
could all discuss a more rational replacement for Usenet. There is
tons of stuff in that archive I didn't remember until I looked through
it. It's long, though. However, if you look through, you will find:
* comments that presage Arbitron, ClariNet, EFF, NNTP and other
things that have come to pass.
* Mark Horton and I both predicting the death of the net. :-)
* Comments on the copyright flaps at the end of 85
* Newsgroup propagation, usage, and poster statistics from 1984 & 1985
* Dates for start and milestones with the Stargate & UUCP project.
Plus other stuff.
--spaf
PS. Packrats with large disks are greatly appreciated by historians. :-)
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