I don't know if you're watching the OT: Why Google Groups thread, but in
responding to it I realized that what folks like dsprelated.com does with
comp.dsp, you could do with r.c.m -- make a web to newsgroup portal and
surround it with adds.

http://www.dsprelated.com/compdsp.php
http://www.fpgarelated.com/usenet/fpga.php

I don't know how much time and money it costs to maintain a USENET web
portal, but if it's modest this may be one of those "sit back and cash
in" things.

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