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Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.general, "Adam Howard" <abhoward10@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> > When will Lugnet be having it's 1 year newsgroups anniversary? I figure it
> > should be around Sept or Oct.
>
> Hmm, the actual anniversary is kind of fuzzy, since there were several
> "beginnings"...here's a bit of history:
>
> 1. There was some preliminary research and testing on August 9 with a
> mock-up newsserver. That was just testing, and it was wiped away later.
>
> 2. Then there was a second phase of preliminary research -- alpha testing
> an initial hierarchy with about 6 volunteers. That started around
> August 27 (I think) and was also wiped away later, as it was just
> testing. (BTW, a couple of the messages pseudo-survived the reset by
> way of being follow-ups to messages posted before the reset. :-)
>
> 3. The very first message posted to the *current* newsgroup system was:
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/admin/general/?n=1
>
> and it has the datestamp of:
>
> Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:50:54 GMT
>
> so you might consider that the official "birth" of the current set of
> messages. It was officially a beta test, but everything survived.
>
> 4. Well, almost everything survived. There was a major problem with the
> newsgroup names,
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/announce/?n=23
>
> which required deleting *all* of the messages in the system, wiping out
> all the groups, and rebuilding everything by reinjecting all of the
> existing messages back into the new naming system. (Basically, 99%
> of all the newsgroups were renamed.) This first message posted into
> the current newsgroup hierarchy was:
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/announce/?n=24
>
> and it has the datestamp of:
>
> Fri, 2 Oct 1998 14:40:34 GMT
>
> so you might consider that the official "birth" of the current newsgroup
> hierarchy (different from the birth of the current set of messages).
>
> 5. When the beta test went live in late September, there were still only
> about a couple dozen or so volunteers. So even though it was "live and
> running," it wasn't "open arms to all" yet. You can see some of the
> initial excitement here:
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/announce/?n=1,20
>
> (Obviously, this was before .announce required followups to other
> groups. It wasn't meant as a discussion group.)
>
> The groups became "open arms to all" in a message posted to
> rec.toys.lego on October 4 (which I don't have a handy way to link to)
> but here is something posted very shortly after:
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/announce/?n=29
>
> and it has the datestamp of:
>
> Sun, 4 Oct 1998 23:58:47 GMT
>
> so you might consider that the official "birth" of the newsserver,
> because up until then, it was still officially in beta testing until
> the kinks could be ironed out.
>
> > Are you going to do anything special?
>
> I plan to drink myself silly from September 28 to October 4. ;-)
>
> --Todd
Todd & Suzanne,
Congrats on your first anniversary!
So much has taken place in the past year. It's amazing how much LUGNET has
evolved in just 12 months.
I have the feeling that for the 2nd anniversary, it'll be even more spectacular.
Predictions for new LUGNET items for the 2nd Anniversary.
- Lugnet Online Bulk LEGO Orders.
- Scan of All LEGO Catalogs 1957-2000.
- Historic LEGO Item Scans (1957-1972).
- The History of LEGO.
An optimistic Gary Istok
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