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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!ivory.lm.com!not-for-mail From: peterb@telerama.lm.com (Peter Berger) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD Date: 25 Jun 1995 10:44:29 -0400 Organization: Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh, PA USA Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3sjsod$kn6@ivory.lm.com> References: <3qfhhv$7uc@titania.pps.pgh.pa.us> <3sd2ml$16e@pandora.sdsu.edu> <3sdm7m$fh@park.uvsc.edu> <3sfcvp$12n@pandora.sdsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ivory.lm.com In article <3sfcvp$12n@pandora.sdsu.edu>, Larry Riedel <larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu> wrote: >I don't have a price cutoff for elitest, because I don't even use the >term, and I don't see why sending, e.g., 50 2kByte mail messages is >significantly less costly than sending 50 2kByte USENET articles, so >consequently I don't see how USENET is inherently any more elitest >than a mailing list or requires a better "net connection." There is a huge cost in both time and CPU cycles in setting up INN for the sake of receiving one group. Depending on your provider, there may also be an additional monthly charge. Email has no such weaknesses. Next? -- "Actually, you just think that's a telephone. Really, it's the alarm that rings whenever I get out of my chair." -- E.S. Peter Berger. System Administrator, Telerama Public Access Internet http://www.lm.com/~peterb Serving Pittsburgh since 1991.