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From: schwager@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Michael Schwager)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Fish disks for ux1.cso.uiuc.edu: Pledge drive
Keywords: fish disks money pledge drive donations ftp
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.154629.7810@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 19 Apr 91 15:46:29 GMT
References: <1991Apr18.175005.4952@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <1991Apr19.072212.13182@evax.arl.utexas.edu>
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
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hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill) writes:


>  Micheal,


>   How about ux1 and isca SPLITTING a subscription. Just mail the
>floppies back and forth. (Not that I want to remove money from the
>hands of Fred :-) ) And how about a subscription to AW Tech and/or AC
>Tech? AW Tech has already said they wish to spread the disk far and
>wide so I might go ahead and give AC a call and see what their stance
>is. 

I personally wouldn't mind doing the AC Tech, since I recieve that
publication (including disk).  Unfortunately, I'll quote from AC Tech 1.1:

	"Although many of the individual files and directories on the
	AC's Tech Disk are freely redistributable, the AC's Tech Disk
	itself and the collection of individual files and directories
	on the AC's Tech Disk are Copyright (blah blah) ...and may not be
	duplicated in any way."

If AW is any different and someone wants to send me a disk on a regular
basis, then I'd be happy to put it up.

It seems that we could do things electronically, via ftp.  I'm pondering
what to do right now.  Maybe it's still a good idea to have *two* sources
for current Fish disks, and if people want to contribute $10 for a second
archive, then we could go ahead with it.  Maybe in a "competitive"
environment we'd have better service... "Why, if you go with OUR archive,
you'll get a free calculator!" :-) :-) :-)  Seriously, then we'd have that
extra site that people could draw from, and we'd have the extra security
and reliability for downloading Fish disks via ftp...

>  I think $831.00 is TRUELY AMAZING. The collective concious of c.s.a
>should give itself a pat on the back. Perhaps Tad could use another
>200M HD for ab20..... :-) Nah......

Indeed, the response has been truly heartwarming.
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