From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 8364 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2022 23:01:21 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 16 Sep 2022 23:01:21 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BFC54227B; Sat, 17 Sep 2022 09:01:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pj1-f49.google.com (mail-pj1-f49.google.com [209.85.216.49]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F4A44226A for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2022 09:01:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pj1-f49.google.com with SMTP id fv3so22437556pjb.0 for ; Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:01:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date; bh=k6c+qVMZbMM3sFZLO2wfVmMUB6ubwdTAaYaZf5L3ZKY=; b=if4BvJW6D0Uv7WOw+LNMmEKU8oN42/ntO0h0YANsKOGxnKTu+jqqR/8rfLX2+08sce G4WlrjJ/FEy55P9JZrlBcCwmgMZI8C5nx5XY+kUTB4HJBCqH6NNtQ6lJill/hu9CeU9B YhWL8/LYPuA3v6JX9KoEUpUL0bhHFvRG3KnX7aKyLEu2bFb+/tTHmYem83srCUr9Vm5I 2WoPZmSN0caKUtZkKjNUB9lvsTZPBVNLme45Ge96E0qDcmVGBwlQrSotGR1I5SF4wb7b MEX0mFDd87L/m04Aw3/Z1nzOdRf9zhuMXBixG/imRM/fcgV/ghPgu5GYCjcU9l8kaSE+ mdJA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date; bh=k6c+qVMZbMM3sFZLO2wfVmMUB6ubwdTAaYaZf5L3ZKY=; b=uouaXegiZO5DIAdIOEqCyERjMW618erkZ+u9E54tDXphqpFfRElz+GryDtbq/5FcgQ fLlPkAiCm/a+apSZnuFKIGZtqsrJcTTvTl/vQ5nIfNg68e9G+s3J7uFl7CdiKFDSjrmg IgcwjESoNYPm+fhRiO1pvWvelLcKpdcNcLzv1ogRvBuPrt3o1Tpk2OAROmvRpDCkeWmg 1+XGOHeMTAG1PJpWeF3ajmkadR/yggtCFp7z+oKd2GfKumBe1T55oPs8HuTxFQQnanVL rrBWJRFzEEIwutgoOspTxRs1IMz/+7ovO77FeGgd0J0J6m8du7TltOy6swvZlBxgGbRs mFQg== X-Gm-Message-State: ACrzQf194dxKtEJV/FFX74UyJn/BC/q/719HzTlG4nY///2UGCLTM5bo JZ/oVdzyvK9TfI4W7MtERGTUGH0uZdMjRbC/jRGdsX9H X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMsMyM5Xytvicy5Gud8in+O1XIXiPHRknzmj6tuNeKCpwiFXV3y6+bzUt5h2K6noG7h4mZmJQHErH1JQUGPEAdw5gYY= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:7291:b0:176:a0d8:77f0 with SMTP id d17-20020a170902729100b00176a0d877f0mr2025945pll.8.1663369211649; Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:00:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <6a4c75af-0fe4-1056-6421-2e473948c07b@jfloren.net> <18af3829-5845-7cd6-1ab2-fdaa63a269d7@bitsavers.org> <20220804235623.GQ1959@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: From: Henry Bent Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:00:00 -0400 Message-ID: To: Michael Parson Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000fda2b905e8d3529f" Message-ID-Hash: SRD6AQDAAO5LDYE72VGKQB5R6RPV63AP X-Message-ID-Hash: SRD6AQDAAO5LDYE72VGKQB5R6RPV63AP X-MailFrom: henry.r.bent@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: The MGR window system and the Macintosh List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000fda2b905e8d3529f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Fri, 16 Sept 2022 at 18:51, Michael Parson wrote: > > My current boss was a news admin at Dejanews and was there during > their end days. I was the sysadmin for the datacenter (SMARTNAP) that > DejaNews was co-lo'd in. Everyone wanted to peer with my news server > since it fed directly into Dejanews' stuff which was a couple of racks > down from my stuff. > > Google bought Deja and ruined it. I knew the head sysadmin from Dejanews very well and I remember his story about them being bought out by Google. Google flew in a bunch of engineers with a bunch of disks, imaged the whole database over a weekend, and then fired everyone. Good times. -Henry --000000000000fda2b905e8d3529f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Fri, 16 Sept 2022 at 18:51, Michael Pa= rson <mparson@bl.org> wrote:

My current boss was a news admin at Dejanews and was there during
their end days.=C2=A0 I was the sysadmin for the datacenter (SMARTNAP) that=
DejaNews was co-lo'd in.=C2=A0 Everyone wanted to peer with my news ser= ver
since it fed directly into Dejanews' stuff which was a couple of racks<= br> down from my stuff.

Google bought Deja and ruined it.

I knew th= e head sysadmin from Dejanews very well and I remember his story about them= being bought out by Google.=C2=A0 Google flew in a bunch of engineers with= a bunch of disks, imaged the whole database over a weekend, and then fired= everyone.=C2=A0 Good times.

-Henry
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