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Re: Netvision NNTP Server
- To: guy keren <choo(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>
- Subject: Re: Netvision NNTP Server
- From: Shaul Karl <shaulka(at-nospam)bezeqint.net>
- Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 03:06:46 +0200
- Cc: Shaul Karl <shaulka(at-nospam)bezeqint.net>, Israeli Linux users list <Linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il>
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- In-reply-to: Message from guy keren <choo@actcom.co.il>"of Sat, 17 Mar 2001 00:13:06 +0200."<Pine.GSU.4.30_heb2.09.0103170009150.3013-100000@actcom.co.il>
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>
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:
>
> > Aren't text-mode-no-fancy-multimedia-old-fashioned-news out of fashion?
> > Just curious how many people still use news these days.
>
> what do you care about "fasion"? they are still a very good option to
> discuss very specific issues with people. why else would dejanews be such
> a great service, if it wasn't for the wealth of info available in these
> news groups?
>
> i know that whenever i need to solve a technical problem, i go to dejanews
> and search there for answers. and it hardly ever fails. in fact, a large
> number of the questions that peopel ask here (linux-il) could have been
> avoided, if these people bothered searching dejanews, instead of being
> lazy and wasting bandwidth by asking these questins over and over again
> here.
>
> btw, dejanews was bought by google lately, so its URL now ges you to
> groups.google.com, and the search interface changed (again).
>
> --
> guy
>
Coming to think about it, haven't you just described some major problems of
the news service?
1) People are using http combined with search utilities to look on-line in the
huge bank of information that was gathered by news messages, thus enabling
their ISPs not carry the large BW that is needed for a proper news service.
2) One can use the information without actively and continually follow news
groups.
3) No central managing for a news group, which makes it pretty hard to enforce
some standards on its content.
Doesn't a mailing list solve those problems, at least partially?
> "For world domination - press 1,
> or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
>
--
Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>
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