Re: Current top myths about Usenet

In <[email protected]> [email protected] (Tim Skirvin) writes:

>[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.

>            - Tim Skirvin ([email protected]) (He, Him, His)
>-- 
>https://forge.puppetlabs.com/tskirvin     Skirv's Puppet Modules


Kind of like that punchline answer to the sitcom question:

  "Why don't people use their gifted ice cream machines?"

  "Because people eventually find out that you can buy ice cream in
   stores."

(Probably also a good working definition of "hobby.")

Another Internet colleague just replied to tell me that the
news.software.nntp newsgroup probably has more experts with setting up
news servers, and might be a better venue for Daniel to ask specific
technical questions.

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Paul W. Schleck
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