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In article <19960229.7BF5820.9660@sdcc8.ucsd.edu> jfriesne@sdcc8.ucsd.edu (Jeremy Friesner) writes:
> I tend to disagree here; The CLChat package works perfectly okay on
> an Amiga, and there's no reason why irc wouldn't work as well, up
> to a certain loading point.

The CLChat network is lucky if it sees ten users in an evening.  That's not really
a fair comparison with IRC.

> Since when does IRC have anything to do with "mission-critical reliability"???

When an IRC server goes down, it is painful for all the users on IRC.  Have
you not noticed netsplits in the past?  Do you not find them annoying?
Have you not seen the stability problems they cause over the entire IRC
network?

When your are working with a team of other systems to provide a service,
reliability becomes a very serious issue.

> > If you want to run an IRC server, you should probably invest in a real
> > computer.
> Oh, I see, now we've descended into blatant flame-baiting.

Perhaps I did not choose my words carefully enough.  By "real computer,"
I was referring to the classes of machines above the personal computer
market.

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