uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US

[johnl at iecc.com (John Levine)]

>>                             I thought it should have died when pr0n and
>> w4rez took it over (in the late 90's).. 

Many of the tech groups remain quite healthy.  I still moderate
comp.compilers which gets about 100 posts/month.

Actually, it's fine with us that the ignorant masses think that usenet
is dead, since it tends to keep out the riffraff.

R's,
John