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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: BITFTP
Message-ID: <I=EBILB@xds13.ferranti.com>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Date: Sun, 19 May 91 16:55:53 GMT

gws@xenitec.on.ca (Geoff Scully) writes:
> Oh, and for those people (like Peter) who complain about how much of a
> hassle it is to set up direct connects to anon-uucp sites to do these
> transfers, all I can say is, tuff luck. 

I'm not complaining. I'm explaining.

I mail floppies and stamps and wait for the post office as often as not,
simply because it's most convenient.

People *will* do the convenient thing. I'm trying to show how the convenient
thing can be made the right thing to do. Think of it as the moral equivalent
of pushing for more recycling centers. If people have to drive 20 miles to
recycle their milk jugs, they'll toss them in the trash. If people have to
go through hassles to get files from anonymous-uucp, they'll use mail servers.
If they can set up *one* script for *one* site, either with a 900 number or
a service agreement, and type:

	uux - uunet!rftp ~/from-uunet
	OPEN sprite.berekeley.edu
	CD ~ftp
	GET mx.tar.Z
	QUIT
	^D

whenever they want a file, they'll do that instead of

	mail BITFTP@PRINCETON.EDU
	PATH yoursite!yourname
	OPEN sprite.berekeley.edu
	CD ~ftp
	GET mx.tar.Z
	QUIT
	^D

It's just as easy to set up and way more convenient to unpack.
-- 
Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180;
Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012;         `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"