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The Great Renaming, 1985-1988
Lee S. Bumgarner's concise and lively history of the 1986 renaming of Usenet groups, and other
events from this period.
http://www.vrx.net/usenet/history/rename/
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Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet
Links to Michael and Ronda Hauben's on-line book. Presents the history and impact of various
aspects of the Net, such as the Internet, ARPANET, and Usenet. Attempts to help readers understand
the origins of the Net, so they might help preserve its value throughout future developments and
changes.
http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook/
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Interview with Brad Templeton
Brad Templeton was the founder, publisher and CEO of ClariNet the electronic news service on the
Internet.
http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds2-3/templeton.html
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The Geeks Who Saved Usenet
Article on the restoration of the early Usenet articles to the archives at Google Groups.
[Salon.Com]
http://salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/07/saving_usenet/index.html
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Usenet History
Covers many historical points of the evolution of Usenet, including "The Great Renaming"
and the "explosion" of the Net.
http://www.vrx.net/usenet/history/
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I Remember Usenet
Brad Templeton recalls the early days of the Internet and the rise of Usenet.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2001/12/21/usenet.html
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USENET Software: History and Sources
A Usenet post by Gene Spafford, archived 9 February 1998 by the Institute of Information and
Computing Sciences. A useful historical summary, particularly in terms of the software used for
usenet.
http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/usenet/software/part1.html
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20 Year Archive on Google Groups
Highlighted links of historically significant Usenet posts from Google Groups archive.
http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html
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Usenet creator Jim Ellis dies
News item about the death, in 2001, of Jim Ellis, who helped create Usenet.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-06-29-ellis-usenet.htm
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The Old news.groups.reviews Home Page
Archived reviews from news.groups.reviews, a newsgroup carrying reader-written reviews of other
newsgroups. Covers 1994-1999.
http://www.bauser.com/news.groups.reviews/
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Old Usenet Articles
First thread after 11 Sep 2001. First mentioning of Microsoft, announcement of Linux, and many
others.
http://home.tiscali.be/rutgerclaes/usenet/
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SOUP: Simple Offline USENET Packet
Defines the SOUP Format. Primarily of historic interest.
http://www.yak.net/combee/soup12.html
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Meow
An eyewitness account and timeline of the start of "meowing" on usenet. Newsgroup
invasions, large numbers of posts, net kooks.
http://www.gwu.edu/~trivia/meow.html
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