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In comp.lang.perl.misc John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> wrote:
> 
> > the argument that usenet should never change seems a little
> > heavy-handed and anachronistic.
> 
> No, simple since there *are* alternatives: web based message boards. Those 
> alternatives *do* support HTML formatting (often the subset mentioned 

... and generally these "web based message boards" (i.e. forums I
assume you mean) have none of the useful tools that Usenet offers and
are much, much slower.

> earlier). However, Usenet is a stranger to most people on the Internet, 
> even with Usenet access, and hence, there is no real reason to see it 
> changed into something that is "available" for years and years to more 
> people: www.
> 
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