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From: kovar@eclectic.COM (David C. Kovar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: ftp.apple.com
Message-ID: <163@eclectic.COM>
Date: 21 May 91 12:26:07 GMT
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In article <1991May15.073756.13998@uwasa.fi> hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama) writes:
>In article <53581@nigel.ee.udel.edu> tigger@freezer.it.udel.edu (david faust) writes:
>>I recieved this piece of mail from an apple employee that is connected with
>>ftp.apple.com. Give these guys a break.......they are kinda busy right now. As
>>other posts have indicated Mark Johnson will post when ftp.apple.com is back 
>>up. So chill out and enjoy a beautiful day (at least it is here in Delaware!).
>>Dave
>
>I DISAGREE.   Apple  had  YEARS  to plan   this  announcement and  its
>arrangements and  what   do we  got  now. We   have   seen  the  fancy
>descriptions here but nothing more.

A few points that might sway your opinion in the other direction:

  * Mark Johnson is running ftp.apple.com with little official support
    from Apple. Beating up on him is unfair, at best.

  * Commercial use of the Internet was very questionable up until recently,
    and the rules are still being defined. Apple didn't have years to plan
    the announcement.

  * Supporting 50,000 people hungry for the latest copy of System 7.0
    is a mind boggling task. ftp.apple.com was receiving 30 connections
    A MINUTE when I was out in San Jose last week. That sort of rate will
    bog down just about any machine. Remember, that's 30 people trying
    to connect a minute - they haven't even started downloading the files.

  If you think it is easy, I strongly suggest that you announce something
very popular as being available from your site via anonymous FTP and see
how your machine behaves. It's very educational.

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-David C. Kovar
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