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- ↑ Reijerman, Dimitri (2010-11-30). "Usenet-tool Spotnet laat gebruikers ook zelf spots aandragen" [Usenet tool Spotnet lets users make spots]. Tweakers.net (in Dutch).
- ↑ Roodbol, Danny (2011-03-15). "Brein: Spotnet geen prioriteit" [Brein: Spotnet not a priority]. Fok.nl (in Dutch).
- ↑ Spotnet
- ↑ Spotweb
- 1 2 Reijerman, Dimitri (2011-03-11). "Populariteit Spotnet groeit snel na sluiting FTD" [Popularity Spotnet grows rapidly after closure FTD]. Tweakers.net (in Dutch).
- ↑ Spotlite
- ↑ Dijkhuizen, Maikel (2011-03-04). "SpotLite 1.0: tweede alternatief voor FTD" [Spotlite 1.0: second alternative for FTD]. Computer!Totaal (in Dutch).
- ↑ μSpotted Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Dijkhuizen, Maikel (2011-07-25). "μSpotted 0.9.18 beta". Computer!Totaal (in Dutch).
- ↑ SpotGrit
- ↑ Dijkhuizen, Maikel (2011-10-12). "SpotGrit (nieuw alternatief voor FTD en Spotnet)" [SpotGrit (new alternative for FTD and Spotnet)]. Computer!Totaal (in Dutch).
- ↑ Django-Spotnet
- ↑ URD
- ↑ BinReader
