Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!farrier From: farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: WB 2.03 Message-ID: <52605@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 8 May 91 22:52:45 GMT References: <21346@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991May8.025400.26915@cbnewsj.att.com> <21374@cbmvax.commodore.com> Distribution: usa Organization: My Amiga 500 and I Lines: 26 In article <21374@cbmvax.commodore.com> andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) writes: >In article <1991May8.025400.26915@cbnewsj.att.com> vrr@cbnewsj.att.com (veenu.r.rashid) writes: >>4. (almost worst than no reason) A certain big name computer maker >> which is retentive to the point of being paranoid about its holdings >> and products posts it's latest system upgrades to public ftp sites >> where users can access them. Are there any practical considerations >> against doing the same thing? <> Think of happy customers, >> if it is a rare enough thing :-( > > >I must have missed the announcement; which ftp site did you >say Apple roms were available at ? :-) I could have sworn I saw them in the /usr/pub folder at cbmvax.commodore.com :-) (Just kidding, for you Apple lawyers looking for a fight). Actually, the latest versions of the Apple II and Macintosh system software are available for anonymous FTP at apple.com, in the dts folder. Developer technical support maintains the copies. >Do they have 7.0 yet ? :-) Hey, do I look like a Mac user to you?! :-) >andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy -- Cary