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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 http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook/ Columbia.edu  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   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 Acm.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   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 Oreillynet.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   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 Usatoday.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   SOUP: Simple Offline USENET Packet Defines the SOUP Format. Primarily of historic interest. http://combee.techwood.org/old/soup12.html Techwood.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Great Renaming from Wikipedia What the Great Renaming was, who did it, and what hierarchies were removed and created. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Renaming Wikipedia.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   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.uncommon-sense.net/interests/usenet/renaming-faq/ Uncommon-sense.net  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Google Groups: 20 Year Usenet Timeline Notice that Google has completed integrating 20 years of Usenet posts into its archive. Includes links to notable posts including the first ever post to Usenet and the original announcement of GNU/Linux. http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html Google.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   The Geeks Who Saved Usenet Article on the restoration of the early Usenet articles to the archives at Google Groups. [Salon.Com] http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2002/01/07/saving_usenet/index.html Salon.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   The Big Eight Newsgroup Creation Process Documents the ancient process to create, rename, remove, or change the moderation status of newsgroups in the Big Eight hierarchies. Currently, the management is done by the Big-8.org team. Written by Russ Allbery http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/faqs/big-eight.html Eyrie.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check