...or maybe not. Maybe as a new net user myself a few months ago
I
wondered how to get started using the resources on the net, and
didn't know where to start. I found that it was rare for someone
to volunteer useful, uncomplicated information that wasn't obscure
and difficult for the beginner to understand. Maybe I just was
asking the wrong people.
I didn't feel that it was necessary to get into the way usenet runs
and since I don't know a whole lot about it, it didn't seem
appropriate to me to describe it. From the standpoint of the new
user, usenet looks a lot like another resource the way a boot server
or name server looks: it's part of the computer and it does some
kind of work for them. Terminological precision and a deep heartfelt
appreciation of how much hard work and how many long nights the
authors of all this software deserve is not my place to talk about,
I felt, having had nothing to do with the completion of those big
tasks.
How about if I say "service provided by the Internet COMMUNITY"?
Is that OK?
> Usenet started independently, and
> ran predominantly over UUCP links in the early days, long before NNTP
> was defined. In my opinion and recollection, the early days of Usenet
> and its spectacular growth were primarily due to the efforts of hard-
> working key individuals and their friends, who worked to grow Usenet,
> site-by-site, connection-by-connection, and tool-by-tool.
started independently... hardworking key individuals... site-by-site, etc.
So is your point that I did not show enough respect and appreciation? That
these people haven't gotten enough recognition in general? I'm trying to
connect your response to my original post. Can you help me out here?
>
> I assume that you know about the archive for this mailing list:
>
why do you assume that? Suppose I do know about it; your point?
I take it you want me to go out and read everything in the archives,
right? It's not clear to me exactly what you are trying to say.
robert h
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