Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!midway!midway.uchicago.edu!francis From: francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: The situation on apple.com Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 91 06:22:54 GMT References: <50204@apple.Apple.COM> <1991Mar13.230529.4948@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> <1423@radius.com> <5464@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Chicago Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: cs483106@umbc5.umbc.edu's message of 20 Mar 91 03:03:59 GMT In article <5464@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> cs483106@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs483106) writes: In article francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) writes: >Sounds reasonable--but don't developers have AppleLink? > Registered developers(those of you who have lots of cash to spare) have AppleLink, but I think he was suggesting it for us lowlier persons who have trouble affording a simple APDA membership, let alone all the money a certified developer pays out. Of course--but if you're limiting FTP access to people who have AppleLink access, you're not doing a lot of good. (Except for saving them phone money--which shouldn't be a problem if they can afford to be registered developers. :-) (Note: I'm *NOT* a registered developer. :-) -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Until you stalk and overrun, | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | you can't devour anyone. -- Hobbes | \============================================================================/