Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!quiche!storm From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: This week's download statistics of garbo, Vaasa, Finland Summary: Not too waste time or anything... Message-ID: <1991Mar4.042103.4540@cs.mcgill.ca> Date: 4 Mar 91 04:21:03 GMT References: <1991Mar1.110445.20933@uwasa.fi> <15410@chaph.usc.edu> Sender: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Lines: 21 >1) To find new programs >2) To find out what is popular. Many times I will see a program on the > list and then since it is popular go and download it and in most cases > find I also like it. >3) I am sure many software developers would like to know how their programs > are doing. Personally I wish SIMTEL would also post a frequent d/l list. I would not even be aware of the EXISTANCE of garbo.uwasa.fi if it were not for the posts from there. I find them very useful in keeping 'up to date'. I wasn't even aware that a new release of LHARC had been made until I read a post saying it was one of the most popular uploads... ./*- -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ storm@cs.mcgill.ca McGill University It's 11pm, do YOU Marc Wandschneider Montreal, CANADA know what time it is? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~