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Gnus wasn't the only Usenet news reader that had advanced features like that. Other news readers, like Pan[1] did too. Many mail clients, like mutt[2] and cla
by gnosis 14y ago
Gnus wasn't the only Usenet news reader that had advanced features like that. Other news readers, like Pan[1] did too. Many mail clients, like mutt[2] and claws[3], were also pretty advanced in the ways they let the user score, filter, and consume content.
Web forums, web mail, blogs, and web news sites were definitely a huge step backwards in terms of interface and features.
[1] - http://pan.rebelbase.com/ http://pan.rebelbase.com/
[2] - http://www.mutt.org/ http://www.mutt.org/
[3] - http://www.claws-mail.org/ http://www.claws-mail.org/
- Gravityloss 14y agoGoes to show that even massively inferior products can win* if they have lower barrier of entry. *: Winning means quite many very different things: for example you can win number of users / visits (ability to monetize) vs actual usefulness etc...
- gnosis 14y agoDon't forget the massive advertising and PR budgets that corporations like Google have, vs zero advertising and PR budgets of most open source projects.