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> On 2023-12-23 02:18:16 +0000, David Goodwin said:
> > In article <
3ffcoip97hd90i6op...@4ax.com>, -rf-nz-
> > @-.invalid says...
> >> On Sat, 23 Dec 2023 12:53:49 +1300, BungleBob wrote:
> >>> On 2023-12-22 22:13:58 +0000, David Goodwin said:
> >>>>
> >>>> Going to be a shame to see the easily searchable usenet archives go away
> >>>> though!
> >>
> >> As I read Google's announcement, the existing easily searchable Usenet
> >> archives will remain. But now new posts after 22 February 2024 will
> >> be added to those archives.
> >>
> >> How long the existing archives will remain is another question.
> >
> > Which is really a bit of a concern. Stuff prior to 1995 Google got from
> > elsewhere (like the utzoo archives), while stuff from 2003 onwards is
> > available from lots of places. But AFAIK only really Deja/Google were
> > archiving all text newsgroups between 1995 and 2003 so if/when Google
> > eventually decides to remove usenet content entirely those archives are
> > gone for good unless Google donates them to somewhere like the IA.
> >
> > And given the legal difficulties IA had simply having the utzoo archives
> > available for download I wouldn't be surprised if handing the archives
> > over to some other entity was more trouble than its worth for Google.
>
> UsenentArchives.com has posts going way back to alomst current.
>
> For example, their nz.comp posts start in 1991 and go through to 2014.
> I don't know how busy this newsgroup is usually (I haven't seen
> anything in here for years), but they have 254 discussions / threads.
the load crawlers put on the site. I guess that might explain why there
with usenet access. But I don't think they would contain much if
anything from nz.comp (too old). In fact, its surprising
has *anything* for nz.comp prior to ~2003. I wonder