Sysyphus' Sister wrote:
http://chris.pirillo.com/duke-pulls-the-plug-on-usenet/

Fare Thee Well all.

Sysyphus' Sister

The article says Duke invented Usenet?

"Duke Pulls the Plug on Usenet

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Today, May 20th 2010, marks a sad day for all of us who remember – and
grew up with – Usenet. Duke University will be forever pulling the plug
on the once-popular means of communication, laying it to rest at long
last. More than thirty years ago, Usenet was started by two
then-students as a means to communicate between computer modems. Many
say that it was the beginning of the Internet as we know it today.

Once it began, Usenet quickly grew to become an international electronic
discussion forum consisting of more than 120,000 newsgroups. However,
not everyone could just jump “online” using the service because
connections were expensive and required a research contract with the
federal Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). Dietolf Ramm,
professor emeritus of computer science at Duke, said that “Usenet was a
pioneering effort because it allowed anybody to connect and participate
communications.”

While the RIAA and MPAA may be celebrating this news due to the large
amount of piracy going around Usenet, this is a sad day for the rest of
us. Duke has decided to shut the service down due to rising costs of
maintenance and lower volumes of people using the service. I well
remember my days back on the computer before the Internet as you know it
was born. I was so excited back then when I sent my first message from
my computer to another. It’s a day that changed my life.

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