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  Msg # 372 of 4021 on ZZNE4432, Sunday 5-13-23, 4:46  
  From: JON ERICSON  
  To: ERWAN DAVID  
  Subj: Re: Good newsreader programs with header  
 From: Jon.Ericson@jpl.nasa.gov 
  
 Erwan David  writes: 
  
 > "Jukka K. Korpela"  wrote : 
 > 
 >> Hint: The garbage posting did not deserve any further commenting, 
 >> but I just wanted to make a point about the x-no-archive stupidity. 
 > 
 > X-no-archive is just a way to tell you do not want google to archive 
 > your posts. Google is a pivate company with its own goals, it 
 > receives mech from usenet and gives it nothing. 
  
 Some people might argue that maintaining an archive is, in fact, 
 something that Google provides.  For instance, searching Google for 
 answers to technical questions has saved me quite a bit of time.  As I 
 bonus, I've refrained from asking questions that have already been 
 answered. 
  
 > I understand people might disagree with this and refuse to 
 > participate to google's financial wealth. 
  
 I could be wrong, but I'd be surprised if Google turns a profit on 
 Usenet.  Would these people also block Google's robot from indexing 
 their web pages? 
  
 Jon 
  
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