I keep thinking how much more logical #usenet would be if someone actually had created local hierarchies like they exist for a few places. there's a france. hierarchy which has groups for all kinds of places in the country.
instead some places, esp. in Germany have hierarchies for themselves (like nbg. or bln.) while Austria has at. and oesterreich., UK has both uk. and england. etc.
but barely anyone is using these by now anyway, so it's a moot point.
I think the sheer amount of groups usenet has is both a boon and a hindrance. on the one hand you can get a group for everything. on the other nobody is gonna read it, or even carry it.
the whole system suffers from this because it sprawled out in the '80s and '90s, and some of the topics just are not as relevant anymore.
who is actually using #os2 nowadays for example?
and yet the comp.os.os2 hierarchy has more groups than the comp.os.linux one.
「 The 32-bit programming model was quite different from what DOS and OS/2 1.x programmers were used to, but it was simple. For the most part, paging was entirely transparent and programmers didn’t have to worry about it.
Just as importantly, the flat memory model made porting from other platforms much easier, because it was similar to the programming model used by 32-bit UNIX platforms 」
⌛ After 34 years, one of the ’Net’s oldest software archives is shutting down
— Ars Technica
"New Mexico State University (NMSU) recently announced the impending closure of its Hobbes OS/2 Archive on April 15, 2024. For over three decades, the archive has been a key resource for users of the IBM OS/2 operating system and its successors, which once competed fiercely with Microsoft Windows."
After 32 years, one of the ’Net’s oldest software archives is shutting down | Ars Technica
But ‘Archivists such as Jason Scott of the Internet Archive have stepped up to say that the files hosted on Hobbes are safe and already mirrored elsewhere. "Nobody should worry about Hobbes, I've got Hobbes handled," wrote Scott on Mastodon in early January.’ #OS2 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/after-32-years-one-of-the-nets-oldest-software-archives-is-shutting-down/
Hobbes #OS2 archive is closing. I confess I weathered the storm after #IBM dropped the ball and got an #eComStation license but even that feels ancient today. Rest in peace, OS/2. We had a great run, you and I. Here are some shots of my souvenirs from my time at IBM. I did dump/trace analysis back in the day.
@kurtseifried As fond as my memory of a room full of PS/2s running OS/2 is, I don't miss it using too many resources to be able to run "Jetfighter II", requiring a boot into MS-DOS; speaking of which...
「 Much like Windows 1 and 2, OS/2 wasn’t selling particularly well. Partially, this was due to system requirements. RAM and disk space were both extremely expensive in 1980s, and OS/2 required more than most systems had at the time 」 https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-history-of-os2
Während Berlin einen Wohnungsmangel hat, haben andere Städte massiven Leerstand. Das Land BW zahlt Kommunen Prämien, dass freie Wohnungen vermietet werden.
Besser als #DOCSIS besonders beim UL/DL-ratio und Stromverbrauch aber IMHO ist nen dediziertes Paar #OS2-Fasern immernoch besser, weil dann ist's #Ethernet und symmetrisch...