Submission + - Duke to close Usenet server (duke.edu)
DukeTech writes: This week marks the end of an era for one of the earliest pieces of Internet history, which got its start at Duke University more than 30 years ago.
On May 20, Duke will shut down its Usenet server, which provides access to a worldwide electronic discussion network of newsgroups started in 1979 by two Duke graduate students, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis.
Read more: http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html
On May 20, Duke will shut down its Usenet server, which provides access to a worldwide electronic discussion network of newsgroups started in 1979 by two Duke graduate students, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis.
Read more: http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html
