[WikiEN-l] Re: userbox : insanity ?

[geni]

On 1/6/06, Chris Jenkinson <chris at starglade.org> wrote:
> Sam Korn wrote:
> > Then program a bot to do it.  Convenience is not a good reason to put
> > unnecessary strain on the servers.
>
> That's the entire reason we have computers, for convenience. We could be
> doing Wikipedia on paper but a computer makes it easier. Convenience is
> an *excellent* justification for extra strain on the servers. The
> solution is optimisation.
>
> Chris

Wikipedia code optimisation is already pretty good. Compare our server
numbers to those of other high traffic sites.



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geni