Notice that Google has completed integrating 20 years of Usenet posts into its archive. Includes links to notable posts including the first ever post to Usenet and the original announcement of GNU/Linux. - Read more

What the Great Renaming was, who did it, and what hierarchies were removed and created. - Read more

Links to Michael and Ronda Hauben's on-line book. Presents the history and impact of various aspects of the Net, such as the Internet, ARPANET, and Usenet. Attempts to help readers understand the origins of the Net, so they might help preserve its value throughout future developments and changes. - Read more

Brad Templeton was the founder, publisher and CEO of ClariNet the electronic news service on the Internet. (February, 1996) - Read more

Brad Templeton recalls the early days of the Internet and the rise of Usenet. (December 21, 2001) - Read more

Article on the restoration of the early Usenet articles to the archives at Google Groups. [Salon.Com] (January 7, 2001) - Read more

Hosts articles from 1981 and 1982, which means long before the Great Renaming, for historical purposes. - Read more

An eyewitness account and timeline of the start of "meowing" on usenet. Newsgroup invasions, large numbers of posts, net kooks. - Read more

News item about the death, in 2001, of Jim Ellis, who helped create Usenet. - Read more

A Usenet post by Gene Spafford, archived 9 February 1998 by the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences. A useful historical summary, particularly in terms of the software used for usenet. - Read more

Documents the ancient process to create, rename, remove, or change the moderation status of newsgroups in the Big Eight hierarchies. Currently, the management is done by the Big-8.org team. Written by Russ Allbery - Read more

Defines the SOUP Format. Primarily of historic interest. - Read more