On 01 Oct 1998 16:10:48 -0400  "Robert V. Baron" wrote:

> Is all this concern about space warranted?

Yes.

o older machines have smaller disks

o server disk space is sometimes at a premium (silly, yeah, but
  reality at some sites)

o bandwidth is *expensive* (maybe not in the good ol' US of A,
  but there are plenty of people with only modem links and others
  with draconian charges from their local IT department)

Giles