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 -------------------------------------------------------------- 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