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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 13 Aug 2001.
Re: Just a perspective

Re: Just a perspective

On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 05:11:08 -0400, Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Let me make another prediction: in another two years, this newsgroup will
>either remain ascii with a small number of postings of perhaps 5 postings a
>day on the average or will change display format (to html or binary/gif).

Predictions are easy. ASCII art was at its top in the terminal days, and
the curve will continue to decline to a minimal amount of postings.
Advanced posting formats would have a hard time turning the tide, because
as per definition, it defeats the purpose.
I.e., it's 2001 ;)

-- 
Ceterum censeo Microsoft esse delendam

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