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Date:      04 Apr 2002 18:11:11 +0200
From:      Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com>
To:        Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org>
Cc:        Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, jhb@FreeBSD.org, winter@jurai.net, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, obrien@FreeBSD.org, pst@pst.org, des@ofug.org, imp@village.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall install.c installUpgrade
Message-ID:  <1017936671.912.4.camel@lobster.freebsd-services.com>
In-Reply-To: <28699.1017857530@winston.freebsd.org>
References:  <28699.1017857530@winston.freebsd.org>

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On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 20:12, Jordan Hubbard wrote:
> > But .zip is noticeably bigger than .tar.gz. Not to mention, .tar.bz2.
> > And the package size is what's of the highest priority, IMHO, since
> > disks and especially bandwidth don't grow nearly as fast as the CPU
> > speeds.
> 
> You must live outside the US, that's all I can say.  That assertion
> is completely false here.
> 

About the only place it is true is the US. Bandwidth is by far the most
limiting factor for most people in the world. Only a tiny percentage of
people are on ADSL in the UK for instance.

Paul.


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