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From: sjr@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us (Sander J. Rabinowitz)
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Subject: Re: This week's download statistics of garbo, Vaasa, Finland
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Date: 3 Mar 91 23:21:00 GMT
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KH> huopio@lut.fi (Kauto Huopio OH5LF)
TS> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
 
TS> Here are the download statistics for garbo.uwasa.fi archives for the
TS> period from Fri 22-Feb-91 to Fri 1-Mar-91.  This version of the
 
KH> Now, DO WE NEED WEEKLY DOWNLOAD STATISTICS??
 
TS> A good question as such, Kauto, but knowing the motivation behind
TS> your question, I wish that you would get off my back, and keep the
TS> Finnish ftp-site infighting out of the net.  Why don't you
TS> concentrate on making your own ftp sites good ones instead of
TS> sniping at garbo.uwasa.fi?
 
Purely speculation on my part, but the reasons (in my mind) are as
follows:
 
1) People want to know what programs are really popular (this would
   especially apply to shareware authors).
2) (From an int'l perspective): How many people in North America are
   downloading programs from archives in Finland when said files are
   available elsewhere?  (I say this, since there's a report talking
   about which sites use garbo quite heavily.)
 
Perhaps Mr. Salmi can confirm this?
 
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