Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ibmchs!auschs!awdprime!bill From: bill@ford.austin.ibm.com (Bill Dodd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: The End of the Big Green Disk? Message-ID: Date: 30 Apr 91 21:16:33 GMT References: <1991Apr26.224809.220@lighthouse.com> Sender: news@awdprime.UUCP Organization: IBM - Austin, Texas Lines: 38 In-reply-to: bb@math.ufl.edu's message of 30 Apr 91 01:46:00 GMT In article bb@math.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) writes: > 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 > > 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. > 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. You miss the point. All this stuff is already available via anon ftp. This service is most beneficial to people (like me) who do not have anon ftp access. I do have USENET access, but the opportunity to get all 400+ MB of this high quality software on one disk for about the cost of media and handling (versus getting the stuff a piece at a time via email other misc methods) was well worth it. > 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. I don't get your point here. Surely people who do not have access to the net would like to get this software. There are other way besides the net to find out about the availability of the disk. I for one am grateful for the service Lighthouse has provided and am sorry to see them discontinue this service. -bill (Proud supporter of Free Software) bill@mescal.cactus.org