20 years of Usenet

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20 years of Usenet

Google has fully integrated the past 20 years of Usenet archives into Google Groups. It's the most complete collection of Usenet articles ever assembled and a fascinating first-hand historical account. Check it...

Interesting post that you could see?

May 1981 First mention of Microsoft
Nov 1983 First mention of Microsoft Windows
Mar 1988 First mention of the term 'search engine'
Aug 1991 Tim Berners-Lee's announcement of the World Wide Web project
Oct 1991 Linus Torvalds' Linux announcement
Aug 1993 First mention of Osama bin Laden :)
Mar 1998 First mention of Google

and many more... really a good collection!

Print | posted on Thursday, March 11, 2004 4:55 PM

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# Google groups encompasses 20 years of archives

Left by Dactylmatrix (Ryan Gregg) on Mar 11, 2004 6:39 AM

# Usenet Back in 1981-05-11

Left by Tech Guru on Mar 11, 2004 1:08 PM

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