Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 23:07:47 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UUCP (important clarification) Message-ID: <19971006230747.20553@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <2369.876125643@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Mon, Oct 06, 1997 at 01:14:03AM -0700 References: <19971005234534.44590@dog.farm.org> <2369.876125643@time.cdrom.com>
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According to Jordan K. Hubbard: > Anyone masochistic enough to still use UUCP in this day and age is > also capable of fixing any breakage that may occur, I think. Go for it. ;) If it could be that simple (I don't mind being labelled masochistic) but in some countries like France or Germany, you pay phone calls by the minute and when you want to transfer mail & news, you appreciate UUCP, the automatic connections, the compression of news batches and so on. Remember how much we pay for a mere 64 Kbps line ? <g> -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #35: Sun Sep 21 19:28:07 CEST 1997
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