Re: gas for the FAQ fire.

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Wed, 6 Apr 1994 13:18:54 -0700

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On Wed, 06 Apr 1994 15:46:31 -0400, David Barr <barr@pop.psu.edu> said:

> ether and have local copies of all those bits. In theory, a CD of FAQ's is
> just a news server with an infinite expire time,

There's one difference, and it's likely a significant one. A news server with
an infinite expiry time would still honor the Supercedes: header line, and
replace old FAQs with new ones. That's not the case on a CD ROM; thus, people
could be paying for incorrect or out of date information.

Daniel

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