Agreed but... when the transition fro 16-bit to 32-bit computing was
happening, the same argument was raised. Now all programs are 32-bit,
nobody in his or her right mind would release a 16-bit version. The
same thing will eventually happen with 64-bit computing.
Text-based discussion groups may be showing signs of slowing, but the
binary groups are growing at a tremendous pace. Last I heard, there
was over 6 Terabytes of new binary data uploaded every day and the
continued growth is astounding.
Text-based discussion groups may be showing signs of slowing, but the
binary groups are growing at a tremendous pace. Last I heard, there
was over 6 Terabytes of new binary data uploaded every day and the
continued growth is astounding.
Alt.binaries.boneless is a high volume newsgroup, which it seems
Giganews dropped.
In response to a$$hole Andy, if you try to download more than 3,500,000
headers, XNews chokes and freezes.
I don't know what "boneless" is but I do know a fair amount about
computers and you will NEVER need what a 64 bit program does for reading
and replying to news in usenet.
I suspect most people these days are here for the binaries. Web forums
(yuck) and other means of communicating have steadily eaten away the
Usenet text discussion groups.
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