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Subject: Re: Netnews: The Origin Story
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Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> wrote:

> Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:
> 
> > Yes, it is in the form of a pdf, but be that as it may, it makes for an
> > interesting view into the start of Usenet:
> >
> > <https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/netnews-hist.pdf>
> >
>
> Thank you for posting!
>

Writing as someone addicted to Usenet for 30 years it's good to see the
whole story, much of which was new to me; I've saved it, thanks again.

# Usenet was my first love
# And it will be my last...

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