Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!cca!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!smith From: smith@umn-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.general Subject: Re: Usenet host count surpasses Arpanet? - (nf) Message-ID: <248@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Jun-83 21:00:16 EDT Article-I.D.: umn-cs.248 Posted: Sun Jun 5 21:00:16 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 20:57:02 EDT Lines: 11 #R:allegra:-71400:umn-cs:700002:000:320 umn-cs!smith Jan 13 10:38:00 1983 Usenet only has a hundred more hosts than Arpanet?? I'm disappointed. I had expected double the number. There's no surprise that Usenet is bigger, it's just an example of positive feedback. Arpanet, on the other hand, is expensive to hook into and carefully controlled. Of course, it's also more reliable. Rick.