KristleBawl wrote:

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Does the MS decision to leave out Windows 7 newsgroups as well as a
newsreader in the OS a harbinger of the future? That the UseNet is
being phased out - or is dying - after almost a third of a century?
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Usenet predates the Internet and will probably outlast it, too. :-D

I don't think so. Usenet originally operated independent of the
Internet, but my understanding is that the two Carolinians who created
NNTP were inspired by Internet mailing lists. At that time, the
Internet was very limited, and their schools were not included. So
they came up with another way to have discussion groups.

When the Internet expanded, it became the most convenient way to
exchange Usenet traffic.

--
Tim Slattery

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