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[John Bokma]

Grant Edwards <invalid at invalid.invalid> writes:

> On 2010-06-04, John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> wrote:
>> Lie Ryan <lie.1296 at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On 06/05/10 04:19, John Bokma wrote:
>>>> Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com.au> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> But the really sad thing is that you think that "bigger" automatically 
>>>>> equals "better".
>>>> 
>>>> I don't think that was the point.
>>>> 
>>>> Anyway, not everbody can pick a provider, there are plenty of places
>>>> that have only one or maybe two. And if that's the choice and neither
>>>> carries Usenet you have to pay for Usenet like I do. Note that I
>>>> consider it well worth the 10 euros I pay for it.
>>>
>>> Isn't gmane available where you live? I've used gmane for newsgroups
>>> that my local server doesn't carry. The only problem is that there's a
>>> slight delay in opening new posts (0.5 seconds or so).
>>
>> I am aware of Gmane [1] but in their own words: "Gmane is a mailing list
>> archive.", so it's not Usenet. It's a Usenet server which provides
>> access to mailing lists. (A very cool idea).
>
> No, it's not a Usenet server.

OK, it's an NNTP server, but on the other hand I think one can argue
that an NNTP server also implies Usenet since Usenet doesn't imply that
all groups available on Usenet should be available, nor does it imply
-- like you already mentioned below (snipped) -- how exactly that data
arrives or that is has to be complete. Since this posting ends up on
Gmane, I think it's correct to call Gmane part of Usenet, and hence,
they're running a Usenet server.

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John Bokma                                                               j3b

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