wired.com — A few geeks with long memories remember the last time Google assembled a giant library that promised to rescue orphaned content for future generations. And the tattered remnants of that online archive are a cautionary tale in what happens when Google simply loses interest.
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skipvtOct 8, 2009
Motto change; Do no good unless clear and substantial profit.
thewisemonkeyOct 8, 2009
The problem is that 99% of people think "Usenet? Wasn't that the thing in Mission Impossible?"
kanojo1969Oct 8, 2009
Remember, GOOGLE OWES US EVERYTHING THEY'VE GOT, IF IT WASN'T FOR US, GOOGLE WOULD BE NOTHINGReally, it's pretty funny. Who's surprised that the 5 people who want to keep using usenet turn out to be whiners with an undeserved sense of entitlement?
ragamufinOct 8, 2009
Google has a pretty darn accurate way of telling whether people give a s**t about something (search statistics). Clearly the data indicated that there wasn't enough desire for this amongst the population for it to turn into anything profitable for google.
skibums4lifeOct 8, 2009
Google knows way to much about us
mikecom32Oct 8, 2009
No, the problem this article speaks of was fixed yesterday:<a class="user" href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/usenet_fix/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/usenet_fix/</a>
remeloxOct 9, 2009
It's good that you've read every seingle usenet post to let us no that there is no useful information locked away in there. I suppose you are also against the fiction section of the library too.
joewillOct 10, 2009
All of the information would have to be indexed ... leading to additional cost for Google and if there is no return, monetary or other wise why cheep it going.