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Post number 8675

rebeccablood — Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:38:31 -0800

Jim Ellis, co-creator of usenet died today. He was 45.

By: holgate

holgate — Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:58:39 -0800

"Ellis and the other creators of Usenet, including Steve Bellovin and Steve Daniel, made no money from it, said Carolyn Ellis, because it was not set up as a commercial venture." sigh. as if they needed to ask.

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Thu, 28 Jun 2001 18:16:39 -0800

This is extremely depressing, considering how much I've been relying on Usenet (via Gooja) lately for research and fun. It's endlessly entertaining.

By: machaus

machaus — Thu, 28 Jun 2001 18:46:05 -0800

gooja... did you make that up, or is it widely called that?

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Thu, 28 Jun 2001 19:06:08 -0800

By: gyc

gyc — Thu, 28 Jun 2001 19:51:55 -0800

Sad news. My introduction to the internet (~1992) was reading the usenet group rec.games.chess using my dad's university UNIX account. Usenet remains where I spend my time when I'm slacking off at work or when I have a spare moment to spend.

By: smaugy

smaugy — Thu, 28 Jun 2001 21:36:37 -0800

machaus: I've always called it Gooja.. or Dejagoo.... Usually Gooja, though. A lot of other people call it Gooja, too.

By: thijsk

thijsk — Fri, 29 Jun 2001 01:17:21 -0800

Irony. The MSNBC article asks readers to discuss the relevance of Usenet on their discussion board.