On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:55:11 -0700, C J Campbell wrote in
2008041918551175249-christophercampbell@hotmailcom:

... I suspect that Google is deliberately trying to kill Usenet.

FWIW, I don't.

I'm a happy and satisfied user of many of Google's services.
I am not employed by them or remunerated by them in any
way (other than using a half-dozen or so of their free
services--gmail, Google, Picasa, a free web page, etc.).

We owe them a debt of gratitude for saving the Dejanews
archives and for maintaining them.

Usenet isn't a big part of their business any more.
There are tradeoffs involved in offering free services
to all and sundry. On balance, I think the good they
do far outweighs the bad.

Of course, YMMV.

Marty

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