[ih] from whence cometh ">" ?

[Greg Skinner]

On Oct 14, 2025, at 12:24 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) <lyndon at orthanc.ca> wrote:
> 
> Sayeth Greg Skinner:
> 
>> I poked around net.unix-wizards using Google Groups and noticed
>> some use of “> “ popped up in late 1983 [1]
> 
>> There may have been a new release of Usenet sources sometime around
>> then.
> 
> Would that be the transition from Anews -> Bnews?  rnews grew quoted
> replies?
> 
> —lyndon

Could be.  For that time period, there are announcements of usenet software releases and updates in net.sources (https://groups.google.com/g/net.sources).