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Edward Reid wrote:
> I certainly agree. Many of us dropped ideas for other archives just at
> a point when we could conceivably have archived "our" newsgroups
> ourselves, because we thought DejaNews would do it for us, better, and
> perhaps even with competitors. In part, we didn't realize what a
> steamroller the WWW would become, and how much visibility Usenet would
> lose in the process. If the Deja database dies, many newsgroups will be
> left with no reasonable archive at all.

I am happy that I kept a good archive of the newsgroups I (robo)moderate
and the malta.* newsgroups. Not that I ever thought dejanews would
not be there, but I wanted to keep my own copy. I keep my archives together
with my search engine (www.maltanetworkresources.com) and I've made it
searchable.

Regards,
Clyde
http://cwebdesign.com/altmalta -- alt.culture.malta FAQ

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