Re: Why "metastink" {or "fetidstink" !} ??

>> Why do a large number of postings refer to "MetaLink" as "MetaStink" (or
>> "fetidstink") ?
>> The only problem I have with MetaLink is that patch downloads fail
>> mid-way [yes, this is
>> a "stink" problem particularly when I have downtime on the server but
>> don't have a patch ready !].

Two reasons I've noticed:

(a) It rhymes.

(b) After the 10th time you've tried to access something and

    found it inaccessable in a maze of sales pitches it's     rather easy to get fed up.

(c) After the N[usually >> 10]th time a "free" download has

    crawled to a stop or aborted leaving you unable to access     the software it's also rather easy to get fed up. In     however many years the thing has been online I've never     been able to download anything of substance. This becomes     even more grating when the only answer I've gotten back     from Oracle on the problem is to buy the things on CD     or try again later -- which makes users just *so* happy     with me...

As a download service it, well... stinks. If they want to whine about high bandwidth demands, fine, then don't offer the (*^&^ service in the first place; capacity planning doesn't require much more than arithmetic. The art of web archetecture isn't *that* complicated either. Applying one or both of these would probably reduce the monikers. Hell, they might even make people happy...

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