Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!isi.edu!venera.isi.edu!jas From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: But Seriously Folks Re: Cooperating on Sys7 distribution Message-ID: <17948@venera.isi.edu> Date: 15 May 91 18:45:24 GMT References: <52889@apple.Apple.COM> <1991May15.152446.22109@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@isi.edu Distribution: comp Organization: USC-ISI Lines: 37 In-reply-to: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu's message of 15 May 91 15:24:46 GMT In article <1991May15.152446.22109@midway.uchicago.edu> jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (john cavallino) writes: >In article <52889@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach, only here >for the beer) writes: >[steam-release deleted] > >I sympathise with you, Chuq. People should indeed stop to consider things >like how many other huge companies have public FTP servers AT ALL, never mind >little details like how unusual it is to have even the possibility of >obtaining the operating system FREE OF CHARGE. I think there's a problem on >the net of people _not stopping to think_ before they post. It's in the >Netiquette guidelines, and it's just common sense anyway, but people still >don't do it often enough. Anayway, I just wanted to let you know that >there are many of us out here who appreciate what you do. > >-- >John Cavallino | EMail: jcav@midway.uchicago.edu >University of Chicago Hospitals | USMail: 5841 S. Maryland Ave, Box 145 >Office of Facilities Management | Chicago, IL 60637 >B0 f++ w c+ g+ k s(+) e+ h- pv (qv) | Telephone: 312-702-6900 S M O O C H! Guess who's stumping for first-in-line on ftp.apple.com? jas P.S. ;-) I also agree that apple is being more nice than they need to; but am also imaptient for *someone* around here (dealer, USC, FTP) to let me get/buy 7.0! -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey A. Sullivan | Senior Systems Programmer jas@venera.isi.edu | Information Sciences Institute jas@isi.edu | University of Southern California