From: tc8traxH@tesSpam.com   
      
   "diane"  wrote in message   
   news:1160412189.456264.77550@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...   
   > Oh goodie! Controversy!!!   
   >   
   > TC8trax wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Google is to Usenet what McDonald's is to cuisine.   
   >>   
   >> Who cares what Google thinks or does?   
   >   
   >   
   > Do tell! I'm always fascinated to read the devolution of a phenomenon.   
   >   
   > I despised Google when they acquired the Usenet database (or whatever   
   > it is) from Remarq, who had acquired it from... whoever it used to be,   
   > it's been so long I have forgotten.   
   >   
   > But I hate Microsoft and its spawn much much more. So I use other   
   > people's stuff (under Windows, sadly) including Google, Gmail, Firefox,   
   > Picasa, blah-de-blah and actually enjoy reading the news via Google   
   > Groups instead of needing software to download it and sift through all   
   > the spam.   
   >   
   > What have they done to earn your derision? I'm dying to know. Are you   
   > an Apple/Mac person? I never hear anything from that OS orientation   
   > about MSIE or Google, etc. Or Unix or Linux either.   
   >   
   > Anyone for CP/M?   
   >   
   > diane <-- serious devolutionary   
   >   
      
   Hi Diane-   
      
   I have no real problem with Google Groups (as in:  Windows vs. Mac - and I'm   
   a Microsoft professional who plays with Linux and Mac) and other Google   
   services are great!  I just hate how Google presents newsgroups and   
   articles.  They may have bought the Deja-News archives, but they do not own   
   Usenet as they would have you believe.   
      
   The Google web interface drives me nuts, because it seems way too clunky.  I   
   usually just use Outlook Express (for convenience) to read   
   alt.music.steely-dan and all my faves.  You can filter out junk and users in   
   an easy to use plain-text message system.  Other Usenet die-hards prefer   
   other "newsreaders," but they all do pretty much the same thing.   
      
   The Google Newsgroups interface, dare I say, is Usenet for idiots.  I'm not   
   calling Google Group users idiots, but they would feel the same way if they   
   saw the difference between a reader and the Google web interface.  It's   
   merely lack of knowing a better way.   
      
   Try configuring a news reader to read this group and see the unencumbered   
   difference!   
      
   TC8trax   
   Tom   
      
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