From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jun 4 22:50:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA26855 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 22:50:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net (jdd@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net [194.207.2.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA26849 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 22:50:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jdd@localhost) by avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net (8.8.2/8.7.3) id GAA19212; Thu, 5 Jun 1997 06:49:08 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 06:49:07 +0100 (BST) From: Jim Dixon X-Sender: jdd@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: news server source for 95/NT In-Reply-To: <199706050402.VAA21901@MindBender.serv.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: > While it's true that NT will probably require more memory to get the > system up and running, and while it's also true that you will probably > have to buy software (although I'm sure Netscape and others would be > as happy to sell you a news server as Microsoft would), it's complete > and utter bull to assert that NT will "fall over" under a full news > feed. It show's that you simply have no clue what you're talking > about. In fact, I would bet that you have no experience whatsoever > doing anything demanding with NT. That's quite true. I do however have experience of doing things with NT that _aren't_ demanding and watching it fall over. -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015