Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!lll-winken!unixhub!shelby!neon!lucid.com!jwz From: jwz@lucid.com (Jamie Zawinski) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Is the Adobe server OK??? Message-ID: Date: 14 Dec 90 21:10:23 GMT References: <1990Dec12.022137.25202@groucho> <1745@chinacat.Unicom.COM> Sender: jwz@lucid.com Organization: Lucid, Inc., Menlo Park, CA Lines: 24 In-reply-to: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM's message of 14 Dec 90 01:32:44 GMT In article <1745@chinacat.Unicom.COM> woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) wrote: > > Summary: tisk, tisk ... > Internet access costs to much for most folks. My node does not have it, > it would cost $15,000.00 per year for internet access and FTP. Probably > more people are in that boat than have FTP access. The mail server is > more general, *everyone* can get at a mail server. First of all, you're way wrong about the cost of inet access, it's not that high. Second, I didn't say anything about the mail server going away; just that those of us with real network connections shouldn't have to stuff elephants through needle-eyes using bass ackwards technology like mail servers. Third, it doesn't need to be Adobe running the FTP site; I'm sure they could find someone willing to do it for free. Fourth, even if it was Adobe, and the only way to get at the stuff was through FTP, there are numerous sites running mail servers which will do FTPs for you and mail you the results. > Summary: tisk, tisk Screw you, Woody. -- Jamie