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From: acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU)
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Subject: Re: ymir.claremont.edu sucks!
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Date: 1 Feb 91 03:38:49 GMT
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In article <29734@usc> ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
>
>It seems the only copy of the most-recent EmTeX distribution (minus
>fonts) in the civilised world is to be found at
>ymir.claremont.edu which is a non-unix ftp server!
>
>Imagine: you can cd into a directory but not cd .. out of it!!
>It's pretty buggy, too, it hung up on me serveral times.
>
>Administrators of ymir.claremont.edu: if you're listening:
>consider moving your machine to Unix!  Only 9 years left to catch
>up with the twentieth century; you can still dump OS/2!!

i imagine you will get a lot of heat for this.

first, i don't care about whether or not you love unix and think it's the
best. go tell that to your dog or cat. this newsgroup is not for such
foolish posts. all you had to do was post asking about how to do 'x' from
ymir.claremont.edu. from past experience, i think the system is a vax.
and, while i like unix as much as the next guy, i think the folks at ymir
have provided an excellent service to the TeX community. if you don't
appreciate this, then, again, tell your dog.

as for the "it" hanging up on you, well it serves you right. seriously, though,
that has never happend to me. ever thought it could be line noise or such.

and, i think you 'cd [-]' to go back a directory. i can't remember exactly.

anyway, keep these posts out of here. i'm sure there are people that love
vax just as much as you love UNIX.

albert