Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:57:39 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: gzip packages on FreeBSD 4-STABLE Message-ID: <20020924185739.GF2009@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <m3r8fjdxuy.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> References: <200209241843.g8OIh9uO089468@arch20m.dellroad.org> <m3r8fjdxuy.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 08:52:05PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: > Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> writes: > > Megabytes are cheap and getting cheaper, while people's time and > > frustration are expensive and getting more expensive... > > I beg to differ. Modem (V.90) links will still benefit from saved > megabytes, because a MB across a modem takes like three minutes. > > MByte => Time => Cost. Don't forget the amount of packages on the distributed cd's. Although this restriction of space will probably disappear in time again with the rise of the DVD-ROM. --Stijn -- "I'm not under the alkafluence of inkahol that some thinkle peep I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get." [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9kLWjY3r/tLQmfWcRAkUbAJ0TT4N7A/6ILlikO+9gtwI5BRnuxwCdHHNo p38RqJzMf3lO5d46A0McJLc= =goC8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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