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From: skl@van-bc.UUCP (Samuel Lam)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: A suggested solution (was Re: When was last?)
Summary: Not every NNTP site have the "perfect world" (BSD/SunOS).
Keywords: NNTP, Time, Magic Ticket
Message-ID: <82@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 8 Dec 89 05:54:57 GMT
References: <1989Dec7.212233.12005@me.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: skl@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam)
Organization: Balliffe International, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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In article <1989Dec7.212233.12005@me.toronto.edu>, eastick@me.utoronto.ca
 (Doug Eastick) wrote:
>If you can talk NNTP, why not talk NTP (Network Time Protocol) as
>well?

Is NTP available for Xenix V boxes with SCO TCP/IP then?

>Might as well strive for the perfect world...

I would very much like to, but maintainence resources here (and at some
other NNTP sites I presume) is at a premium.  I would rather maintain
one slightly-bigger-than-needed package here than having to maintain
two packages that are "just the right size" just so that I could use
the first one.  Afterall, it's one project versus two.

Not having NNTP depending on NTP will also minimize the amount of thread
one has to pull to get NNTP installed at a new site, especially one that's
not BSD/SunOS based.

>Doug Eastick				UUCP: uunet!utai!me!eastick
>Mechanical Engineering			eastick@me.utoronto.ca

...Sam
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Samuel Lam     <skl@wimsey.bc.ca> or {uunet,ubc-cs}!wimsey.bc.ca!skl