From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!wjh12!clp
Newsgroups: net.mail,net.news
Title: Re: How do we get people to update software?
Article-I.D.: wjh12.164
Posted: Tue Feb 15 17:33:24 1983
Received: Fri Feb 18 06:44:45 1983
References: alice.1494

I think the point of the original comment was: when a new news system
 is developed that the majority of people like (i.e., it is faster and
 has better organization), it will come to dominate the net. People will
 *want* to have the new news program because it is so much better.

Obviously, it should be compatible with older news programs; but it's
 new features should be better enough that the switch-over will begin.

For example, it could organize the news in tree fashion, internalize the
 .newsrc file (for speed), and scan sub-directories only when necessary.
 With names like "net.languages.C.bugs.VAX.UNIX" being turned into paths
 into the news tree, there would be greater flexibility in both new group
 creation and use.

Of course, someone would have to commit themselves to writing such a new
 system; but building on the old one, a simple version of the above might
 take no more than 10-20 hours to write...Any comments?
							    Charles L. Perkins
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