Google breaks Usenet (was Re: How can I correct an error in an old post?)

[Aahz]

In article <4SmVg.9105$GR.2172 at newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>,
Bryan Olson  <fakeaddress at nowhere.org> wrote:
>Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>>
>> But they do about 10 things totally wrong with Google groups that
>> I'd've fixed in my spare time in my first week if they'd hired me back
>> when I was interviewing with them.
>> 
>> So if they want it to work, they know where to find me.
>
>Doesn't seem likely, does it? But don't let it stop you. You don't
>need Google's permission to build a better Usenet service. They
>don't have any copyright on the posts, or other special protection.
>I'm a former Googler myself and I use their service all the time,
>but if yours is better I'll switch.

The problem is the network effect.  In this case, what Google has that
can't be replicated is the history of posts.
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