TASS (software)
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The Tass newsreader is an open source
computer software package that provides a full screen threaded newsreader. It was written by Rich Skrenta
, who did not like the rn
newsreader and gained his inspirations from the Plato Notes system. The Tass newsreader was later modified by Iaian Lea, who added many features and renamed it to tin
, which stands for Tass + Iaian's Newsreader.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
computer software package that provides a full screen threaded newsreader. It was written by Rich Skrenta
Rich Skrenta
Richard "Rich" Skrenta is a computer programmer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur who created the search engine blekko....
, who did not like the rn
Rn (newsreader)
rn is a news client written by Larry Wall and originally released in 1984. It was one of the first newsreaders to take full advantage of character-addressable CRT terminals...
newsreader and gained his inspirations from the Plato Notes system. The Tass newsreader was later modified by Iaian Lea, who added many features and renamed it to tin
Tin (newsreader)
tin is an open source text-based and threaded news client, used to read and post messages on the USENET global communications network.-History:...
, which stands for Tass + Iaian's Newsreader.