Re: The end is nigh - for some

Derek Broughton wrote:

> Wild Monkshood wrote:
> 
> 
>>
>>Tony wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I think you're saying that newsgroups are on their way to extinction
>>>because of changing public preferences, not because newsgroups are
being
>>>dropped by
>>>major internet service providers.  Does everyone agree with Derek's
view?
>>
>>I think that you should not call it Derek's view, but rather your
>>supposition of his view. Without his approval or confirmation, I
mean.....
> 
> 
> OK, then.  I was going to sit back and see what sort of response he got,
but
> I'll confirm that that _is_ my view. :-)
> 
> It goes back to the cause and effect issue - I believe ISPs are dropping
> Usenet because most of their users don't care about Usenet, not that
their
> users can't use Usenet because the ISPs have dropped it.

	Well, if my ISP drops Usenet, I drop my ISP. Unless they were to reduce 
my bill by what a newsfeed/server would cost me. There are worse things 
than posting through Google, but right now I am blank as to what that 
might entail....

WM