At 10:29 PM 6/2/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Troy T. Hall wrote:
>>
>> I'm using many components of MCIS and I can't comment on all of them as of
>> yet as I'm still getting the feel for them all, EXCEPT for MCIS news which
>> I have thrown in the trash bucket. This memory hungry pig of a program was
>> a pain to configure and I was never able to get it to run 100% to my
>> satisfaction.. I'm using DNEWs now and am very happy with it.
>> Installed quickly, easly, THE FIRST TIME, and my users love it. Uses 1/3 the
>> memory of Mcis News, and runs MUCH faster.
>
>We tested MCIS on a partial feed from out main DNEWS server and it
>puked so many times. The database fix routines generally take
>2-8 hours (depending on the spool size) and it really wasn't that
>great.
>
>The DNews crew re-wrote the database storage format twice (3.0 and 4.0)
>and we have been using 4.2 (after a couple of quick fixes) and its
>just rocking. We fixed an upstream issue and DNews is really moving
>the news. We went from a lot of complaints to zero on it. Maintenance
>for DNews isn't even a though, compared to the MCIS nightmare.
>
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