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Re: Access to COMP.DATABASE.ORACLE

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From: Karl Denninger
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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Subject: Re: Access to COMP.DATABASE.ORACLE
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