Re: (OT) Hello there Mr Ryckman!

[Bob La Londe <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/7/2011 10:17 PM, Frank Kurz wrote:
> On 07/04/2011 11:11 AM, SRyckman wrote:
>> On Apr 6, 10:13 pm, Jim<alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I was just thinking about you the other day.
>>>
>>> I presume that you can see that ASA has "changed" considerably since
>>> your last vist.
>>
>> I've been here all along as many know. Just choose not to post
>> publicly most of the time and would reply directly. I've read every
>> message that streamed through since the group was created (except for
>> the obvious drive by spams). Unlike some, I won't resort to using
>> fake identities.
>>
>>
>>> given as the reason they don't come here. I figure that if my small
>>> survey has those results, there's got to be a lot of people out there
>>
>> I think participation in newsgroups will remain low and get even lower
>> unfortunately. Their time has come and gone and as more and more
>> ISP's choose not to carry them it will get worse. Just like RelayNet
>> where the ASA group started, it too will become extinct at some
>> point. There are plenty of other alternatives out there such as
>> forums - but most are hosted with someone's own motives in mind so the
>> opinions expressed will be skewed. With that said, there will be an
>> announcement shortly about something different coming down the road
>> and why you are going to see me more visual again.
>>
>
>
> I hope you're wrong (about ASA going the way of RelayNet).
>

I got into Rime Net and Relay Net back around 1991/1992, but I didn't
read ASA back then.  Still with the affordability of the internet, and
the demise of bulletin boards with one or two connections and time
limits it was inevitable that Usenet and the internet would stamp it
out.  Now that anybody can have their won website, and search engines
will spider them Usenet is falling by the wayside too.  I imagine it
will drag on longer than the relay message groups did, but I don't think
it will survive past "us."

Then again there are still some hold outs.  Last time I talked to him a
couple years ago Larry Wall still had Cactus Patch BBS up and running.
I wonder if he is till carrying Relay Net.  LOL.