Al Kossow wrote:
Loads of
people even on this list are sitting on
stacks of old floppies, and don't even take the time
to ensure the data therein won't be consigned to
oblivion.
Lurkers far outnumber active participants on mailing lists.
Someone did a study and put the typical figure at 6:1, which seems believable
to me (I'm afraid I don't have a reference handy). I suspect it's a similar
figure for Usenet groups.