Re: [Pan-devel] The Blue Sky Becomes Clear - part 01: Basic Thoughts - revision 00

[Haran Shivanan]

Module 'Duncan' core dumped on Sat, 5 Apr 2003 with the following output

> (Features that I'd personally consider necessary b4 PAN is ready for a 
> head2head comparison include 1) 100K+ post group handling w/o bogging down to 
> where it looks frozen, 2) attachment posting, if not automated batch mode 
...
> newsgroup features a la BNR2, and perhaps batch posting, as well as a 
> standards based open database format, that is compatible with say MySQL.  
> With such a database, the ability to keep posts forever if desired, and 

Wouldn't a database be overkill for people that have less than 100K+ 
posts?
On that note, what is the typical usage of a newsreader?
Do typical users keep a lot of posts?
I was under the impression that Google Groups had made the need for this 
unnecessary but I could be wrong.
FWIW, I personally store less than 500 posts in a newsgroup. Even that is 
on the high side.

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