Sandy wrote:

Seems they didn't start till September 1999.

"The Netscan System provides detailed reports on the activity of Usenet
newsgroups, the authors who participate in them, and the conversation
threads that emerge from their activity. Using the Netscan tool users can
get reports about any newsgroup for any day, week, month, quarter, or year,
since September 1999."


So "You were first seen 05/15/2000" has to be calibrated to Microsoft
Time? Didn't Bill Kiene exist before September, 1999? And who the hell
is Eugene Graham? :-)

For my part, I have no problem with Google keeping track of my Usenet
comings and goings. I'm even grateful for their efforts. Microsoft,
however, is another kettle of fish. Wanna bet that they're keeping lists
of people who say nasty things about the Evil Empire?

BTW, there are rumors that Microsoft is thinking of acquiring Google.

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