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From: bourd@buster.cps.msu.edu (Robert Bourdeau)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: This week's download statistics of garbo, Vaasa, Finland
Message-ID: <1991Mar7.151013.24968@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Date: 7 Mar 91 15:10:13 GMT
References: <1991Mar4.140951.12045@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> <300@ramecs.UUCP>
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In article <300@ramecs.UUCP>, car@ramecs.UUCP (Chris Rende) writes:
>From article <1991Mar4.140951.12045@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, by
regoli@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli):
>> 
>>>Now, DO WE NEED WEEKLY DOWNLOAD STATISTICS??
>> 
>>>If every single FTP site in the net that has IBM PC material would
>>>send their stats to c.b.i.p.d.. I mean, is garbo.uwasa.fi so special
>>>site that its statistics are a MUST-TO-READ to every net.person ? Why
>>>we don't have here SIMTEL20 stats? ftp.funet.fi? Just wondering..
>> 
>> Applause, applause!  I've been meaning to post something like this for
>> quite some time.  I find the information a total waste of network
>> resources.  
>
>I've been think about posting something about the download statistics too.
>
>This newsgroup should be used for discussing the IBM PC binaries which are
>posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc. That's why I read this newsgroup.
>
>I'm not interested in anyone else's download/FTP statistics.
>
>And besides, unless you collect the statistics from a significant cross-
>section of the downloading/FTPing sites, you really can't tell what is really
>generally popular. What's popular in Finland isn't necessarilly what's
>popular in Michigan.
>
>If someone feels that they must share their download/FTP statistics, try
>comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc or something else.
>
>I think that this newsgroup should be used for discussing the
>comp.binaries.ibm.pc postings.
>

Well, I disagree.  Since Garbo is an active archive site, I am interested
in the IBM pc binaries that they have added to their archive.  Seems to be 
less of a waste of bandwidth than all of the discussion about Commander
Keen (even if it is a good game).

Robert Bourdeau
bourd@buster.cps.msu.edu
Michigan State University