From: cnw+usenet-0604@pobox.com 
  
 "tones"  writes: 
  
 > Hi I am looking for information on when and were Newsgroups began and 
 > also who was responsible for the idea. 
  
 You can get much of this information by using Google to do a search for 
 things like "usenet history" and "internet timeline". 
  
 Usenet began in 1979 using UUCP between Duke and UNC by Tom Truscott, 
 Jim Ellis, and Steve Bellovin.  See Hobbs' Internet Timeline 
  
  
  
 Another interesting link is one provided by Google themselves, 
  
  
  
 and don't forget 
  
  
  
 for much valuable information. 
  
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