Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!uflorida!math.ufl.edu!shadrach.math.ufl.edu!bb From: bb@math.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: The End of the Big Green Disk? Message-ID: Date: 30 Apr 91 01:46:00 GMT References: <1991Apr26.224809.220@lighthouse.com> Sender: news@math.ufl.edu Organization: University of Florida Department of Mathematics Lines: 33 In-Reply-To: rjrjr@lighthouse.com's message of 26 Apr 91 22:48:09 GMT In article <1991Apr26.224809.220@lighthouse.com> rjrjr@lighthouse.com (Ray Ryan) writes: > A while back, Lighthouse Design set out to donate our time and money > to perform a service for the burgeoning NeXT community > and began distributing it for as little money as possible Interesting. I was always under the impression that this was a commercial venture in partnership with Erica Leibman, albiet an economically-priced one. > The Big Green Disk ensures the flow of free and shareable software to > those without net access. And saves a tremendous amount of time even > for those who do. We'd like to make sure that access is maintained. > With this posting, we're officially extending the invitation to > another group to take over duplication, updating and distribution of > the Big Green Disk. If you really mean these words about motivation and freedom, set the software free. Put it up for anonymous ftp. Netters can get it without costing anyone's time but their own. Non-netters can bug netters for copies via the grapevine. If a user isn't at least remotely aware of the net, then they wouldn't be aware of the disk - hence this is a non-problem. -- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Bartholomew UUCP: ...gatech!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!bb University of Florida Internet: bb@math.ufl.edu