Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:60833 comp.sys.amiga.tech:13059 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:2340 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!fernwood!oracle!news From: pnakada@oracle.com (Paul Nakada) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Commodore control Message-ID: Date: 26 Jun 90 23:42:41 GMT References: <2774@zipeecs.umich.edu> <12953@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: news@oracle.com Organization: Oracle Corporation, Belmont, CA Lines: 26 In article <12953@cbmvax.commodore.com> grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes: In article <2774@zipeecs.umich.edu> gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) writes: > When Commodore released 1.32 Amiga OS, there was great concern over > its purity (ie, could I FTP it being assured that it did not have > a virus in it). Commodore should set up a disk, and allow anonymous > FTP to it, thereby ensuring anything they release to the public can > be safely distributed. Unfortunatly, Commodore isn't on the Internet, which makes anonymous FTP a bit on the difficult side. Perhaps something could be done with a BBS but offering upgrade packs seems to be the preferred method. Adobe has an mail-based file server which they supply the source to. If you would like information, just % mail ps-file-server@adobe.com Subject: help the source for the server can be found under the Programs category... -Paul Nakada -- Paul Nakada | Oracle Corporation | pnakada@oracle.com