Charles Gregory wrote: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Spiro Harvey, Knossos Networks Ltd wrote: >>> Bandwidth costs money. How big will the database have to grow before >>> the ClamAV team starts to take notice? Fifty megabytes? A hundred? >> Americans don't understand this dilemma. To them traffic is free... > > Minor correction: RICH Americans (and Canadians) don't appreciate this > dilemma. All the POOR people still using dial-up internet are the victims > of ever-increasing software/download size. I am routinely helping our > (community NFP internet) members clear out their mailboxes when some > ignorant friend on high speed keeps sending 5-10MB worth of photos. :( > > I recently *stopped* advising our members to use AVG Free edition because > the latest download had bloated to nearly 40MB. That's roughly SEVEN hours > on a dial-up connection. I've started to recommend "ClamWin", but that > package is also slowly increasing in size. It's up to 21MB. Still, ClamAV > has the most efficient updates I've seen.... (smile)
It will be a bad day for all when poor people set the standards of quality and functionality for the rest of the world. It will happen only at the point of a gun. Get over it. Meanwhile, I believe you can pick and choose what you need from the cvs server, no? dp _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
