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From: dcrocker@TWG.COM (Dave Crocker)
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Subject: Re:  FTP "STRU VMS" extension
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Date: 31 Jan 89 20:21:00 GMT
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Ahem!!

Back to first principles:  If there is a strong constituency and multiple
implementations, a standard should be developed.

When we first came out with our upgrade to FTP, to allow transfer of
arbitrary VMS files, there were no other implementations to talk to and
we STILL had customers demanding that we create/conform to a standard.

Certainly, it is reasonable to try to bury the VMS-ness into a clean
framework, preferably permitting addition of other operating systems.
However, based upon the feedback we got some months ago, there is no doubt
in my mind that we need to make the spec public and certified.

Dave Crocker
The Wollongong Group, In.c