Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!ames!mailrus!iuvax!bobmon From: bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: What to do about binaries Keywords: binaries binaries binaries Message-ID: <10463@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Date: 10 Jul 88 00:54:55 GMT References: <6010@megaron.arizona.edu> <8749@netsys.UUCP> <3355@bsu-cs.UUCP> <923@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM> <317@sdrc.UUCP> <243@pigs.UUCP> Reply-To: bobmon@iuvax.UUCP (RAMontante) Organization: Computer Science Dept., Indiana University Lines: 23 In article <243@pigs.UUCP> haugj@pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie) writes: >just to fill up disk space? the heart of the question is, should >the non-leaf sites carry binaries just so the leafs can use them? Should the non-leaf sites carry discussion groups just so the leaves can use them? Should they carry sources just so...? Should they carry news feeds just so...? Most of the groups serve some special interest group; very few are read by all subscribers. One of the newsgroups (net.config? or something) just posted Brian Reid's monthly survey of net usage. The pc binaries group was way up there in readership, it was up there in volume but there were lots more voluminous groups, and its "cost-per-user-per-megabyte" rating was lower than a lot of other groups too. Fascinating reading for people who get all concerned about the cost-effectiveness of the various groups. (Comp.eniac.tcp-ip was a big loser last month.) > John "Evil USENET User" F. Haugh II HECI Exploration Co, Inc., Dallas You mean there's a Good USENET available?!?!? -- bob,mon (bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu) "In this position, the skier is flying in a complete stall..."