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From: Alain.Knaff@|no-spam|poboxes.com (Alain Knaff)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?
Date: 29 Sep 1996 21:36:22 GMT
Organization: IMAG, Grenoble, France
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In <324E80B3.21F4@www.play-hookey.com>, Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> wrote:
:Remi Guyomarch wrote:
:> 
:> In article <324E26CD.7785@www.play-hookey.com>,
:>         Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> writes:
:> [...]
:> > Incidentally, I an indeed using Netscape as my newsreader. Not because I
:> > think it's the best (I know better), but because 1) I have it handy and
:> > 2) if someone points to a URL I can just click on it and go there
:> > without firing up another program. It's plenty good enough for my needs,
:> > and it's convenient.
:> 
:> Knews let's you click on any URL and launch Netscape (if it's not
:> already done) with this url. It's also fully threaded, display inline
:> MIME images, support kill/hot files, etc ...
:> 
:> http://www.nada.kth.se/~su95-kjo/knews.html
:> 
:
:Which still means two applications running where one will do the job.

 Which is not a problem with a real OS.  Win16 isn't a real OS ;-) I
know, I know, you probably don't think Windows is the best "OS", and
you know better, but you use it anyways, because... 1) ... 2) ... :-)

 Btw, slrn has the same feature as knews.  And there's always copy
paste.

-- 
 Linux - Why use Windows, since there is a door?

 Alain