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From: cdn...@sterling.com (Netnews/CD)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.announce
Subject: NetNews/CD: USENET News Available on CD-ROM
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Date: 18 Jan 92 00:15:16 GMT
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Sterling Software is proud to announce a new service, NetNews/CD, which
makes USENET News available on CD-ROM. Now, with NetNews/CD, the wealth
of information available via USENET is archived and readily available
when you need it, not just when it arrives. With NetNews/CD you will
be able to keep years of USENET News on your shelf so that you can access
and benefit from it at your convenience.
With nearly 3000 active newsgroups and more being created daily, one of
the major problems with USENET News has been the massive amounts of data.
Most sites do not have the disk space to store it all on a daily basis,
let alone a yearly basis. Those that do receive a full feed are forced
to use relatively short news expire times to free up disk space for
incoming daily news. Many sites have had to limit the number of groups
they subscribe to due to the speeds of their modems, the costs of long
distance phone calls to an upstream USENET feed or the size of the
available disk space. NetNews/CD solves these problems by making nearly
600 Megabytes of USENET news available on CD-ROM each month.
The purpose of the NetNews series is to assure that the valuable information
which passes through USENET daily is not lost, as is the case in most
newsgroups today. The monthly CDs are generated on the first of each month.
Yearly subscribers receive 12 months of USENET news on CD-ROM and they
also receive the yearly NetGems special issue. The current NetGems CD-ROM
contains the X Window System Version 11 Release 5 sources, the Free Software
Foundation's GNU software as well as the USENET comp.sources.* archives.
It also contains alt.sources and vmsnet.sources archives. Besides those
archives, NetGems also contains an archive of the Request For Comments
(RFCs) available from the NIC which are the basis for most of the existing
Internet protocols. The software and RFCs on the NetGems CD were gathered
on December 29, 1991.
X11R5 - X Window System Release 5, Patchlevel 8
gnu - GNU software
rfcs - Request For Comments
usenet - USENET News source archives
alt.sources, alt.sources.amiga,
alt.sources.patches, comp.archives,
comp.archives.admin, comp.sources.3b1,
comp.sources.amiga, comp.sources.apple2,
comp.sources.atari.st, comp.sources.bugs,
comp.sources.games, comp.sources.hp48,
comp.sources.mac, comp.sources.misc,
comp.sources.reviewed, comp.sources.sun,
comp.sources.unix, comp.sources.x,
news.answers, unix-pc,
u3b.sources, vmsnet.sources
Specifics:
Initially NetNews/CD will be distributed for Sun platforms with
ISO 9660 support becoming available in March. The January and February
CDs will be made available in ISO 9660 format at that time. NetNews/CD is
available in both a yearly subscription or monthly issue rate.
Costs:
Yearly subscription + NetGems - $349.95 US plus shipping.
Individual monthly issues - $39.95 US plus shipping.
NetGems, Best of '91 - $49.95 US plus shipping.
Volume discounts are available.
Shipping:
NetGems begins shipping the first week in February, and January's NewNews/CD
begins shipping on February 15. Subsequent monthly CDs are being shipped on
the 15th of each month.
Phone inquiries concerning orders and technical support questions may be
made between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM CST, Monday through Friday at 1-800-643-NEWS
(or 1-800-643-6397). The FAX number is 1-402-291-4362. There is also
an electronic mail address:
cdn...@sterling.com or uunet!sparky!cdnews
The US Mail address is
Sterling Software
NetNews/CD
1404 Fort Crook Road South
Bellevue, NE 68005-2969
If you have any suggestions or comments we want to hear them. Please feel
free to call, write or send email.
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From: ro...@imd.sterling.com (Sterling IMD)
Newsgroups: comp.newprod
Subject: NetNews/CD - USENET News Available on CD-ROM
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Date: 16 Mar 92 16:24:13 GMT
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Sterling Software is proud to announce a new service, NetNews/CD,
which makes USENET News available on CD-ROM. Now, with NetNews/CD,
the wealth of information available via USENET is archived and readily
available when you need it, not just when it arrives. With NetNews/CD
you will be able to keep years of USENET News on your shelf so that
you can access and benefit from it at your convenience.
With nearly 3000 active newsgroups and more being created daily, one
of the major problems with USENET News has been the massive amounts of
data. Most sites do not have the disk space to store it all on a
daily basis, let alone a yearly basis. Those that do receive a full
feed are forced to use relatively short news expire times to free up
disk space for incoming daily news. Many sites have had to limit the
number of groups they subscribe to due to the speeds of their modems,
the costs of long distance phone calls to an upstream USENET feed or
the size of the available disk space. NetNews/CD solves these
problems by making nearly 600 Megabytes of USENET news available on
CD-ROM each month.
The purpose of the NetNews series is to assure that the valuable
information which passes through USENET daily is not lost, as is the
case in most newsgroups today. The monthly CDs are generated on the
first of each month.
Yearly subscribers receive 12 months of USENET news on CD-ROM and they
also receive the yearly NetGems special issue. The current NetGems
CD-ROM contains the X Window System Version 11 Release 5 sources, the
Free Software Foundation's GNU software as well as the USENET
comp.sources.* archives. It also contains alt.sources and
vmsnet.sources archives. Besides those archives, NetGems also
contains an archive of the Request For Comments (RFCs) available from
the NIC which are the basis for most of the existing Internet
protocols. The software and RFCs on the NetGems CD were gathered on
December 29, 1991.
X11R5 - X Window System Release 5, Patchlevel 8
gnu - GNU software
rfcs - Request For Comments
usenet - USENET News source archives
alt.sources, alt.sources.amiga,
alt.sources.patches, comp.archives,
comp.archives.admin, comp.sources.3b1,
comp.sources.amiga, comp.sources.apple2,
comp.sources.atari.st, comp.sources.bugs,
comp.sources.games, comp.sources.hp48,
comp.sources.mac, comp.sources.misc,
comp.sources.reviewed, comp.sources.sun,
comp.sources.unix, comp.sources.x,
news.answers, unix-pc,
u3b.sources, vmsnet.sources
Specifics:
Initially NetNews/CD will be distributed for Sun platforms with
ISO 9660 support becoming available in March. The January and February
CDs will be made available in ISO 9660 format at that time. NetNews/CD is
available in both a yearly subscription or monthly issue rate.
Costs:
Yearly subscription + NetGems - $349.95 US plus shipping.
Individual monthly issues - $39.95 US plus shipping.
NetGems, Best of '91 - $49.95 US plus shipping.
Volume discounts are available.
Shipping: NetGems begins shipping the first week in February, and
January's NewNews/CD begins shipping on February 15. Subsequent
monthly CDs are being shipped on the 15th of each month.
Phone inquiries concerning orders and technical support questions may
be made between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM CST, Monday through Friday at
1-800-643-NEWS (or 1-800-643-6397). The FAX number is 1-402-291-4362.
There is also an electronic mail address:
cdn...@sterling.com or uunet!sparky!cdnews
The US Mail address is
Sterling Software
NetNews/CD
1404 Fort Crook Road South
Bellevue, NE 68005-2969
If you have any suggestions or comments we want to hear them. Please feel
free to call, write or send email.
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