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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: starting to write a KDE auto-installer
From:       Jelmer Feenstra <spark () dds ! nl>
Date:       2001-08-21 13:20:45
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On Tuesday 21 August 2001 12:53, Vadim Plessky wrote:

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> Problem is that even major distributions (RedHat, Mandrake) do not have
> enough bandwidth.
> Server(s) is (are) not a problem, they are pretty cheap nowdays, but
> bandwidth is enermously expensive. And distros just do not have money to
> pay for it :-(
>
> rpmfind.net runs on W3C machine, getting bandwidth for free- bit look how
> slow access to it. And it becames slower with each month :((
> sunet.se becames *not accessible* after each announce of new RedHat or
> Mandrake version (limit of about 500 simultaneous users, etc.), while in
> normal day you can get around 400K/sec if you have DSL connection.

Somehow I thought of the kde league - isn't that what it's for ? Helping out 
with issues mentioned above ? Can't IBM or any other big player help out with 
some servers/bandwith ?

Just a thought.

Jelmer Feenstra
 
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