History

Media publications

• I Remember Usenet - Brad Templeton recalls the early days of the Internet and the rise of Usenet. (Published 2001.12.21)
• Interview with Brad Templeton - Brad Templeton was the founder, publisher and CEO of ClariNet the electronic news service on the Internet. (Published 1996.02.00)
• The Geeks Who Saved Usenet - Article on the restoration of the early Usenet articles to the archives at Google Groups. [Salon.Com] (Published 2001.01.07)

	Usenet creator Jim Ellis dies URL: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-06-29-ellis-usenet.htm ODP description: News item about the death, in 2001, of Jim Ellis, who helped create Usenet. Page description: Usenet creator Jim Ellis dies HARMONY, Pa. (AP) — Jim Ellis, who helped create the information-sharing electronic bulletin boards that predated the World Wide Web, has died. He was 45. Ellis, who had been battling non-Hodgkins lymphoma for two...
	Great Renaming from Wikipedia URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Renaming ODP description: What the Great Renaming was, who did it, and what hierarchies were removed and created. Page title: Great Renaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
	USENET Software: History and Sources URL: http://faqs.cs.uu.nl/na-dir/usenet/software/part1.html ODP description: A Usenet post by Gene Spafford, archived 9 February 1998 by the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences. A useful historical summary, particularly in terms of the software used for usenet. Page title: Usenet Software: History and Sources
	Meow URL: http://www.gwu.edu/~trivia/meow.html ODP description: An eyewitness account and timeline of the start of "meowing" on usenet. Newsgroup invasions, large numbers of posts, net kooks.
	The Great Renaming, 1985-1988 URL: http://www.uncommon-sense.net/interests/usenet/renaming-faq/ ODP description: Lee S. Bumgarner's concise and lively history of the 1986 renaming of Usenet groups, and other events from this period. Page title: The Great Renaming FAQ
	The Big Eight Newsgroup Creation Process URL: http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/faqs/big-eight.html ODP description: Documents the ancient process to create, rename, remove, or change the moderation status of newsgroups in the Big Eight hierarchies. Currently, the management is done by the Big-8.org team. Written by Russ Allbery Page title: Guidelines for Big Eight Newsgroup Creation
	Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet URL: http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook/ ODP description: Links to Michael and Ronda Hauben's on-line book. Presents the history and impact of various aspects of the Net, such as the Internet, ARPANET, and Usenet. Attempts to help readers understand the origins of the Net, so they might help preserve its value throughout future developments and changes. Page title: Netizens Netbook
	SOUP: Simple Offline USENET Packet URL: http://combee.techwood.org/old/soup12.html ODP description: Defines the SOUP Format. Primarily of historic interest. Page title: Simple Offline USENET Packet Format (SOUP) Version 1.2
	Google Groups: 20 Year Usenet Timeline URL: http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html ODP description: Notice that Google has completed integrating 20 years of Usenet posts into its archive. Includes links to notable posts including the first ever post to Usenet and the original announcement of GNU/Linux. Page title: 20 Year Archive on Google Groups
	Gopher.quux.org : Usenet A News URL: gopher://gopher.quux.org/1/Archives/usenet-a-news ODP description: Hosts articles from 1981 and 1982, which means long before the Great Renaming, for historical purposes. Page title: Gopher menu