Here is how I see the difference:
If I post something to Usenet, I have a reasonable expectation that the
article will expire. Some sites will have short expire times and some
will have long ones, but very few will never expire. When my next FAQ
comes out with a Supercedes line, the old one will go away from those
sites that didn't expire it already (unless they run very old server
software). Back in the old days, when Usenet got to Australia by tape,
I would expect the tapes to be reused. I certainly wouldn't expect
someone to sell such a tape months or years later. About the only
place that an old FAQ might hang around for a long time would be on a
Usenet server or archive server which broke down long ago. With such
a broken server, the provider would be stretching the truth, to say the
least, to advertise that they provide Usenet or FAQ archive access.
With Walnut Creek, they are selling an out-of-date archive. They are
not providing a continuing service which gives you updates to the FAQs
as Usenet or a working archive server will do. The articles on their
CDs will not expire. They will not honor my Supercedes line.
Richard
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