Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!bu.edu!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!pacbell.com!att!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!locke.mmwb.ucsf.edu!kscott From: kscott@cgl.ucsf.edu (Kevin Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: But Seriously Folks Re: Cooperating on Sys7 distribution Message-ID: Date: 15 May 91 02:54:20 GMT Sender: daemon@cgl.ucsf.edu Distribution: comp Lines: 25 >What can we do here? Obvious thing is *wait a while*. Maybe get it >from dealers (the bandwidth of physically distributed disks is pretty >high--consider a station wagon full of HD disks). If you can't or >don't want to deal with that, wait a few days before FTPing. And go >in with friends: download it once, and copy the disks. This is exactly what we shouldn't do. Apple wants us to download it from their machine so they might keep track of who is downloading their software. They have a right to do this, unless they make an agreement with another site to serve as a server we should not expect that. On a negative note, it is surprising that ftp.apple.com would be down, after all they should have enough support. Now Chuq or another apple would tell us if if ftp.apple.com was not really crashed as the rumor mill was wrong (they deserve the respect they earn), so I dismiss the grumblings I have heard about apple having another 6.06 on their hands. I am disturbed by the obvious contradiction that they have not placed 7.0 on apple.com. If ftp.apple.com is really down, why haven't they moved it to apple.com? Humorous quote: "they'll be fired if they actually do something sensible to help customers". All in all, I have to say this is a free upgrade, we really have to be satisfied with what we get. Apple may have faults, but providing free upgrades in a timely manner can not be held against them. They have bette things to do.