X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,63f25a2822932593 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-17 00:48:05 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.123.20.12!not-for-mail From: Lemming Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: eeek what has happened to dejanews? Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 08:44:43 +0000 Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <96c0d2$27h$1@news.inet.tele.dk> <96fajn$64d$1@news.inet.tele.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.123.20.12 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 982399453 22735387 213.123.20.12 (16 [16776]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: supernews.google.com alt.ascii-art:4458 On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:14:21 GMT, ppunk@damthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk) wrote: >Well then, in good ITIL tradition they should have run a pilot first instead of >cascading it onto the net. The other option would have been running it parallel >to the old searchengine, but the way this has been done is all wrong. It looks to me more like a rescue effort on the part of google. After ebay bought Deja's profitable business ("precision buying"), what would have happened to the non-profit usenet archive if google hadn't picked it up? Personally, I think that's a valuable resource, and I'm glad *someone* has it. Lemming -- Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat.