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Article #713Re: Access to COMP.DATABASE.ORACLE
From: Karl Denninger
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1993 06:07
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1993 06:07
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In article <C45z1A.1yD@chinet.chi.il.us> randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes:
>In article <1obufb$8g7@genesis.MCS.COM> karl@genesis.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:
>>Chinet gets news via satellite, I get it via NNTP. Take your pick;
>>they're both fast.
>
> Also it was asked what newsreaders were available. I know
> karl has trn, rn and nn. I have trn, rn and vn. Both
> trn and nn use a database for their threading, and the
> databases are *huge*. Karl has the space for both, I don't.
> There is a unified cnews database project going on with
> support for both trn and nn. That will ease supporting
> both. There are a couple other newsreaders out there, tin
> being one, but not sure if karl has it, or what its advantages
> are.
I also have "tin" here.
There is also work going on with INN 1.4 to support a unified threading
mechanism. This will require changes to the newsreaders, but it will be
portable to all of them from what I understand.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f8d04,b48241188bfc680d X-Google-Attributes: gidf8d04,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-19 22:12:55 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ddsw1!not-for-mail From: karl@genesis.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) Newsgroups: chi.mail Subject: Re: Access to COMP.DATABASE.ORACLE Date: 20 Mar 1993 00:07:28 -0600 Organization: MCSNet, Chicago, IL Lines: 26 Message-ID: <1oecb0$9p2@genesis.MCS.COM> References: <1993Mar18.204748.3425@ssigate.ssinc.com> <1obufb$8g7@genesis.MCS.COM> <C45z1A.1yD@chinet.chi.il.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.mcs.com