Re: Current top myths about Usenet

[email protected] (Scott Dorsey) writes:

>> I run my news server with a full-ish, non-binary feed on a V-C
>> 2 package from Panix.  That's a 6GB RAM system, 10-20GB of disk
>> space, and the network isn't an issue at all; and I use the machine
>> for other purposes too (email, personal login, etc).  This would
>> obviously need to be more robust if the server was used by lots
>> and lots of people, but I don't feel like co-location would be a
>> significant problem nowadays.

> Why would they do this when Panix already provides a news server which
> is very well-run?  

        Habit, mostly.

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