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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server? Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 07:09:05 +0000 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 43 Message-ID: <32521511.6279@www.play-hookey.com> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <51pog8$1gj@newsbr.eunet.fr> <Dy0K58.MLv@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <32423719.6904CE4@julia.de> <51uo7m$bu9@magic.metawire.com> <R.3244780C.23B6AB75@aug.com> <01bbadcf$6ef66e60$8588b6cc@tzspc> <324E26CD.7785@www.play-hookey.com> <l7ij25.2s8.ln@localhost> <324E80B3.21F4@www.play-hookey.com> <slrn54tqso.1r2.Alain.Knaff@hal.inrialpes.fr> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:133259 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:28472 comp.infosystems.www.misc:44396 Alain Knaff wrote: > > 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. > Since you mention it.... I actually use both Win3.1 (*NOT* 95 <shudder>) and FreeBSD/Xfree, depending on what I'm doing at the time. My only point was that Netscape serves my needs, so I use it. You're using what serves your needs. What is your objection? -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |