HELLAS Web History


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To Istoriko ths Hellas List symfwna me ton Spiro Liwlh, kai twn: Nikos George, Michael Kolios, Nick Kontodimos, Vartan Narinian, Nick Triandos, and Thanos Voudouris:  

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H  HELLAS  dhmiourgh0hke to 1988 pros antikatastash  ths GREEK-L,
thn  opoia diaxeirizotane o  Spyros  Mpartsokas.  H  GREEK-L  den
krathse polu giati uphrksan diafores  ws pros to periexomeno  twn
mhnumatwn.  Enw  merikoi 0elane  thn  GREEK-L  ws ena  meros  gia
koubentoula,  kai  sxolia,  alloi thn 0elane ws mia  lista ka0ara
episthmonikou periexomenou,  xwris politikes, a0lhtikes, ki alles
suzhthseis pou mporousan na dhmiourghsoun diafores kai tsakwmous.
O Kwstas Piperhs foithths sto panepisthmio  BKLYN ths Neas Yorkhs
apofasise  na sunexisei  thn  hlektronikh  epikoinwnia  olwn  twn
Ellhnwn ki anoikse thn HELLAS afou hr0e se epafh me ton kalo filo
kai palio tou sungkatoiko Panteli Tzwrtzakh pou to 1987 briskotan
sto panepisthmio Krhths ws sysadmin tou  GREARN.  H diafora htane
oti  den  uphrxe periorismos  sta  0emata  ta  opoia mporousan na
suzhth0oun.  Etsi loipon o prwtos kombos htane to GREARN.  Kai ta
politika,  kai ta koinwnika kai ta podosfairika pote den eleipsan
apo  thn  lista  auth.  Htane ena  monterno  kafeneio  opou  oloi
milagane kai legane tis apopseis tous. Kai lew monterno giati enw
sta koina kafeneia oi apopseis antallasontai proswpo me  proswpo,
sto  diko mas auto kafeneio oi apopseis  antallasontai upologisth
me upologisth. Pisw apo mia o0onh upologisth ta paidia apo olo to
kosmo suzhtaei.
Ta prwta paidia pou anelaban texnikws htan o Pantelhs Tzwrtzakhs,
o  Kwstas Piperhs kai o Kwstas Antwnopoulos.  Ypologizetai  oti h
HELLAS  ari0mouse  peripou 30-40  melh.  H HELLAS  omws eixe para
polla melh apo Amerikh kai  idiaitera apo  Boreio Amerikh.  Egine
protash  loipon na  anoixtei kombos  sthn  Amerikh.  O Alexandros
Kouloumphs,  filos kalos ton  proanafer0entwn paidiwn prosfer0hke
na  analabei thn  lista  sthn  Amerikh se ena  deutero kombo  sto
panepisthmio AU  (AUVM).  H kinhsh beltiw0hke,  giati  h  Amerikh
htane ligaki pio ekseligmenh.  Ta  paidia auksh0hkane kai olo kai
perissotera  atoma  ma0ainane  gia thn  uparksh  ths  HELLAS.  To
problhma me to  AUVM  htan oti eixe to 90%  tou fortou ths Hellas
kai  parousiaze  ta  idia problhmata  koposhs me auta tou GREARN.
Etsi eprepe na bre0ei akomh ena host sthn Amerikh  prokeimenou na
moirastei to fortio tis Hellas.  Me thn mesolabish kai tou Spurou
Mpartzoka h HELLAS brhke spiti kai sto BROWNVM.
To  1989 ksekinaei h HELLAS na  metadidetai apo  to  AUVM pros to
USENET  kai ta NETNEWS  kai etsi  megalwnei  akomh  perisotero  h
aktina drashs ths.
Oi  upeu0unoi  ths  HELLAS meta  apo  aposurseis merikwn  htan oi
Kwstas  Piperhs   (apo  to  Brown  University),   o   Aleksandros
Kouloumphs   (apo  to  American  University),   ki  o  Giwrgos  o
Kaballieratos. Oi aposurseis autes eginan logw uperbolikou fortou
ergasias  twn   upoloipwn   paidiwn  pou  tote   prospa0ousan  na
"ftiaksoun"  to diktuo  sthn Krhth.  Ta paidia  mera me thn hmera
auksanontan.  Ta  melh  auksh0hkan  se  ari0mo  ths  taksews  twn
diakosiwn enw statistikes twn newsgroups  edixnan  oti  h  HELLAS
diabazotane apo perissotero apo 1000 atoma ana twn kosmo.  Fusika
oxi oloi energoi. 0a tous legame oi 0eates.
O kairos omws pernage ki ena mikro problhma eixe dhmiourgh0ei.  H
asumbatothta  twn  programmatwn  pou diaxeirontan  thn HELLAS.  O
LISTSERV (gia Amerikh) ki o LISTEARN (gia Eurwph),  ka0e fora pou
diamorfwnontan    dhmiourgousan    perissoteres    asumbatothtes.
Apofasisthke loipon tote na kleisei o kombos ths Krhths.  O logos
htan to  oti ta perissotera melh outws h  alliws htan apo  Boreio
Amerikh  kai oi  eksuphrethsh 0a ginotan  kalutera an  menane  oi
komboi  ths Amerikhs anoixtoi.  Ki etsi ki egine.  H  kinhsh auth
egine to  1990.  Ypeu0unoi  ths HELLAS paremeinan  ta idia atoma,
alla o ari0mos twn melwn auksh0hke sto 300+.
To  1990 htane h xronia pou eixame kai thn prwth megalh sunanthsh
melwn ths HELLAS, eksw apo thn N.Y.  H sunanthsh pragmatopoih0hke
ton mhna Iounio  kai  peripou 40  melh  ths  HELLAS bre0hkane.  H
ekplhksh htane to  oti bre0hke ena  melos ths HELLAS pou hr0e apo
Australia  gia  ton  skopo  auton  kai  mono.  H  sunanthsh  auth
baftisthke  Porkys.   Auto  afhse  mia  paradosh  kai  twra  ka0e
sunanthsh megalh pou ginetai onomazetai Porkys kai dinetai ki ena
noumero.
Stis arxes tou 1991 o Aleksandros Kouloumphs zhthse sthn  HELLAS,
atoma pou htan pro0uma na ginoun Owners.  O kairos eixe  perasei,
polla paidia eixan alles monimes douleies,  alloi feugane,  alloi
kourasthkan, opote h anagkh gia neous Owners eftase. Prosfer0hkan
oi Spyros Antwniou,  Spyros Liwlhs  (egw),  Lewnidas Hrakleiwths,
kai Nikos Gavrielatos.  Nea paidia loipon sto listarxiliki.  Logw
omws kapoiwn proswpikwn  logwn  o  Lewnidas,  apesur0hke  ston 1o
mhna kai ligo argotera apesur0hke kai o Nikos Gavrielatos.  To
kalokairi  tou  91  egine  h  deuterh megalh sunanthsh (Porkys  2)
ki akoma perissotera paidia bre0hkane sthn sunanthsh auth.
To teleutaio tetramhno tou 91 htane mia shmantikh periodo gia thn
katastash ths HELLAS. Htane h periodos pou emfanisthke to proswpo
tou  Dhmhtrh Karakolh.  O Dhmhtrhs Karakolhs  htane  ena pseutiko
onoma  me  pseutiko  logariasmo  pou  san skopo eixe na prosferei
gelio sthn HELLAS. O Karakolhs eixe prwtoemfanistei to 90 alla to
'91 htane h  xronia  pou  bghke  san  shmantikh  fusiognwmia sthn
HELLAS.  Polloi den  h0elan  thn  katastash  auth,  kai  fasaries
dhmiourgh0hkan apo thn meria  enos  apo tous Owners.  Oi fasaries
autes ligo eleipsan sto na kleisoun thn HELLAS.  Omws  h diagrafh
tou  Karakolh  kai  h diagrafh  tou proswpou pou  dhmiourghse thn
fasaria auth, eswsan thn HELLAS.
O  Kouloumphs  eixe  epestrepsei  sthn Ellada  na  uphrethsei thn
mhtera patrida,  ki o  Kaballieratos to idio.  Opote oi upoloipoi
(Spuros Liwlhs kai Spuros Antwniou)  parameinan Owners.  H HELLAS
ari0mei peripou 400+ atoma me duo kombous. H kinhsh megalwne afou
o ari0mos twn mhnumatwn htan  megalos.  Sta telh loipon  tou 1991
dhmiourgh0hke ki  enas tritos  kombos  sthn Amerikh sto Univ.  of
Georgia at  Athens  (UGA).  Etsi  loipon  twra o katamerismos twn
melwn  kai  mhnumatwn egine  pio aplos  kai h kinhsh hr0e  se pio
logika  epipeda.   H  HELLAS  auksanetai  se  500+  melh  enw  oi
teleutaies statistikes twn news  deixnoun oti h HELLAS diabazetai
apo 7000 atoma ana twn kosmo.
H xronia tou 92 0a legame htane mia hremh  xronia.  Eixame fusika
tous  sunh0ismenous  kaugades  alla  eixame  kai  tis  shmantikes
sunanthseis opou espernan filia  kai xioumor sta melh ths HELLAS.
O Porkys ths xronias auths egine sthn Washington D.C.
Ola kinh0hkan  kala  mexri  to  kalokairi tou  1993  opou kapoios
upeu0unos  tou  Ereutnhtikou  Kentrou   "Dhmokritos"  sthn  A0hna
epixeirhse na kleisei thn HELLAS gia proswpikous logous. Oi logoi
autoi htane logoi dusfhmhseis kai libelou. H HELLAS hr0e se krish
ekeinh  thn  epoxh  kai  oi   upeu0hnoi   twn  triwn  kombwn  pou
uposthrizan thn  HELLAS  apofasisan  na  stamathsoun  thn  HELLAS
proswrina mexri na bgaloun apofash  an 0a thn kleisoun  oristika.
Meta  apo diadikasies  duo  peripou  mhnwn  ekleise o kombos  tou
BROWN.  O logos pou ekleise o kombos autos einai to gegonos oti h
HELLAS  den exei  kai  to pio ka0aro mhtrwo.  Alla auto mporei na
gemisei oloklhro biblio.  Ekleise loipon o kombos  tou BROWN alla
amesws kainourgios kombos sto Pennsylvania State Univ.  Anoixthke
apo  ton Niko George  o opoios  ligous mhnes  prin  eixe analabei
Owner, kai pou eixe prota0ei apo ton Spuro Antwniou. O kombos tou
AU  den htane  se  plhrh leitourgia  kai eksuphretouse  mono sthn
eksodo twn  mhnumatwn ths HELLAS  sto  bit.listserv.hellas.  Omws
meta apo  suzhthsh me  ton upeu0uno tou AU,  enas tetartos  Owner
proste0hke,  o Eleu0erios Xazaphs  ka0hghths apo to  AU  ki  etsi
epanaferame to AU se plhrh leitourgia.
Stis 21 Septembriou tou 1994, me thn boh9eia merikwn  mellwn  ths
listas,  dhmiourgh9hke  kai ayth h Ellhnikh selida  pou diabazete
twra  sto  World Wide Web,  kai dinei thn eykairia sthn HELLAS na
ginh perissotero prosith ston Ellhnismo ths diasporas.
Statistikes shmera deixnoun emfanws thn HELLAS na  exei 600+ melh
kai na diabazetai panw apo 10,000 atoma ana ton kosmo.
H HELLAS exei "filoksenhsei" atoma apo olo ton kosmo. Apo olh thn
Eurwph opws Agglia, Germania, Italia, Gallia, Ispania Portogalia,
Ellada ki fusika Kupro. Apo Amerikh eixame HPA, Kanada, kai xwris
na sas fanei parakseno  apo Brazilia.  Apo Asia eixame Sigkapourh
kai  telos eixame ki apo  thn  Australia.
H  HELLAS  oxi  mono  leitourgei  san  to   "kafeneio"  mas  alla
leitourgei kai sas meso enwthtas. H HELLAS exei organw0ei arketes
fores sto na enantiw0oun kata organismwn pou egrapsan an0ellhnika
keimena  se  efhmerides  h kai  periodika.  Einai  to  steki  twn
foithtwn  kai  allwn  oi  opoioi  zoune  sto ekswteriko.  Einai h
kaluterh  morfh plhroforhshs  gia nea  eite einai a0lhtika,  eite
politika, eite koinwnika.
Polles endiaferouses gnwrimies exoun  ginei mesw HELLAS kai  ka0e
xrono,  san paradosh pleon, ena tsimpousi diorganwnetai se kapoia
perioxh twn HPA kai  paidia apo ola ta merh erxontai na gnwrisoun
fatsikws autous pou toso kairo milane pisw apo mia o0onh. Malista
mia sunanthsh  duo atomwn odhghse  kai  sto eutuxes  gegonos  tou
gamou  (1989/90).  H HELLAS opws ka0e kafeneio exei kai ta straba
ths.  Oi politikes,  koinwnikes  kai  a0lhtikes suzhthseis polles
fores odhgoune se mikrodiaksifismous kai tsakwmous, pou omws oloi
tous einai  peristasiakoi  ki  an kapoios kapote xreiastei kapoia
boh0eia oloi pro0umoi boh0ane.
To istoriko auto to egrapsa diabazontas ta  arxeia ths HELLAS apo
ton  Ioulio  tou 89,  apo gegononta  pou  0umamai,  kai telos apo
suzhthseis pou eixa me paliotera melh ths HELLAS.
Filika,
Spyros Liwlhs

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