kent_eh comments on In your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I miss the days when usenet was a standard part of most ISPs included offerings.

Hopefully the fediverse can get wnought traction to grow some vibrant communities like we used to enjoy in heyday of the old newsgroups.

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[–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago

CompuServe was pretty good too but very expensive. So not somethimg I care to go back to.

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