How old is this news group?

rw wrote:
Sandy wrote:
Bill Kiene wrote:

Hi All,

I was wondering how old this news group is and how long have I been
on here?



You were first seen 05/15/2000

Aliases : Bill Kiene
: Eugene Graham

This might help.


http://netscan.research.microsoft.co...=9%2F30%2F2003


and then Charlie Wilson wrote:
"Bill Kiene" wrote in message
om...

Hi All,

I was wondering how old this news group is and how long have I
been on
here?

--
Bill Kiene



You've been here since about March 8th, 1996.


http://groups.google.com/groups?q=gr...5&as_miny=1981


&as_maxd=14&as_maxm=6&as_maxy=1996&selm=4horec%24l it%40pa.mother.com&rnum=6.


Hmmm. Looks like Microsoft is keeping up to their normal standards.

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."

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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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