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Revised LISTSERV forum <LSTSRV-L@CEARN> |
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"Eric Thomas (CERN/L3)" <ERIC@LEPICS> |
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Thu, 16 Mar 89 15:52:30 GMT |
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Revised LISTSERV forum <LSTSRV-L@CEARN> |
Some comments I have received prompted me to write a program showing the
distribution of the LISTSERV servers across the world. I have already said and
I hereby repeat that one cannot hope to understand my position regarding the
LISTSERV debates without knowing and accepting the fact that EARN is less than
one-fourth of the servers, and that even big EARN countries like Germany and
France are only (respectively) 5% and 2% of the total (actually that would be
1% for France without the FRECP11 server, which does not participate in any
kind of networking activity - its sole purpose in life is to generate 3812
cover pages). The enclosed table summarizes the present situation.
Eric
Distribution of LISTSERV servers per country as of 16 Mar 1989
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LISTSERV servers that are presently operational and officially registered
(in PEERS NAMES) are called "Production servers". These are servers which
are actually used. Servers which are still being installed, and may or
may not be operational, are called "Pending servers". A large number of
pending servers means either that there are a lot of LISTSERV
installations in progress in the country, or that there are a lot of
people who forgot to send back their registration form.
#Servers %Servers #Servers %Servers %Servers
Country (Prod only) (Prod only) (Prod+Pend) (Prod+Pend) (Pend only)
------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
USA 100 60% 122 63% 81%
Canada 13 8% 16 8% 11%
Germany 9 5% 9 5% -
Japan 7 4% 8 4% 4%
Switzerland 4 2% 4 2% -
Netherlands 3 2% 3 2% -
Chile 3 2% 3 2% -
France 3 2% 4 2% 4%
Belgium 3 2% 3 2% -
Italy 3 2% 3 2% -
Finland 2 1% 2 1% -
Turkey 2 1% 2 1% -
Israel 2 1% 2 1% -
Spain 2 1% 2 1% -
Austria 2 1% 2 1% -
Denmark 1 1% 1 1% -
Mexico 1 1% 1 1% -
Singapore 1 1% 1 1% -
Ireland 1 1% 1 1% -
Great Britain 1 1% 1 1% -
Greece 1 1% 1 1% -
Taiwan 1 1% 1 1% -
Korea 1 1% 1 1% -
#Servers %Servers #Servers %Servers %Servers
Network (Prod only) (Prod only) (Prod+Pend) (Prod+Pend) (Pend only)
------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
BITNET 114 69% 137 71% 85%
EARN 39 23% 40 21% 4%
NetNorth 13 8% 16 8% 11%
Total 166 193
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