X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f X-Received: by 2002:ac8:59d2:0:b0:343:57f:3049 with SMTP id f18-20020ac859d2000000b00343057f3049mr1566841qtf.55.1662524824842; Tue, 06 Sep 2022 21:27:04 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a81:4983:0:b0:345:20ee:589d with SMTP id w125-20020a814983000000b0034520ee589dmr1550543ywa.383.1662524824578; Tue, 06 Sep 2022 21:27:04 -0700 (PDT) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 21:27:04 -0700 (PDT) Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=180.150.11.112; posting-account=VQShUQoAAAAooK_JwvfMedtjxwcOb7sF NNTP-Posting-Host: 180.150.11.112 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <30f5611a-a16c-495a-a03a-7432dfc49819n@googlegroups.com> Subject: Goodbye NNTP From: "Old Swag (oldswags AT gmail DOT com) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" Injection-Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 04:27:04 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Bytes: 1932 Lines: 13 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id 2874jHIe005580 Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com At 2022 I'm not sure anyone even cares. Winding the clock back to 2002 the internet was a useful tool for learning and technical discussion. Richard Dawe and I were working on sigaltstack for DJGPP libc at the time. We were already connected to Asia, which supplied a steady email stream of spam but we were too hopeful about our newly found Russian relationship to say anything about that. 'This didn't happen as hoped' - William Barr, CSIS 2020. Wind the clock forward twenty years and it's difficult to even find your old nntp profile. Most of the western world has knelt to the beautiful branding of google and apple. Subtly, these mass-appointed tech custodians tell us what to think. I have taken a personal coarse of action, as I'm sure several of you have. It was one of the best experiences of my life and I wish you all at 2001 well.