if this is the coral that I'm thinking of (coral distrubution network or some such garbage) then it's basically a poor mans akamia. They're not goign to be /.'ed any time soon.

There is of course the other issue that coral is essentially using the bandwidth of its participants (lots of universities and whatnot). That bandwidth is paid for by state taxes and student tuition, all that good stuff, and should most definately not be going to fund a commercial enterprise like slashdot.

I think it was around the summer or fall of '98. My housemate kept bugging me to sign up.