"Roger Long" wrote in
:

The last column in the current issue of PC magazine is an obituary for
Usenet. This group, and others like it, are now like CB radio in the
early 1980's. There are still a few die hards out there talking but
the airwaves are gradually going quiet.

10-4 good buddy. What's your 20?....

It's very true. If you look at the amount of traffic (excluding the
"binaries" groups) that usenet generates, you'll see that it's on a
steady/rapid decline. Ask the average person if they know what a newsgroup
is and you'll probably get a blank stare. Even among my computer savvy
friends, very few of them still use newgroups.

In reality, why? The interface is clunky. Message threads are lost unless
you use deja news (groups.google.com) to search them. Many groups are
loaded with spam. The user interface technology has improved massively
since news was created. It's death and/or lack of relevance is purely just
a matter of time.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org