The way I remember "Eternal September" was giving UNIX shell accounts to incoming university students.
The problem is when students graduate; no more shell account. Then what?
The problem is when students graduate; no more shell account. Then what?
When AOL flipped the switch enabling USENET newsgroups in the fall of 1993 it was an "eternal September" because AOL had an endless continual stream of chuckleheads getting online foe the first time and not acclimating to existing net culture because they think the network is there to serve THEM.
I can't tell if you mean to imply that it's there to be served by them, or that it is there to serve "regulars".
I think he meant that USENET works best as a collaboration between users, whereas the users being complained about see it closer to visiting a restaurant where the other users are the waiters and they are the customer.
September was always a rough time on Usenet as all the noobs arrived; some old folks took the month off (or at least claimed to), coming back in October when they'd calmed down a bit. Once the public ISPs arrived it became like September the whole year round.