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From: sho@pur-phy (Sho Kuwamoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacsBug available on Compuserve, not net? (Was latest version...)
Message-ID: <2285@pur-phy>
Date: 26 May 89 17:26:54 GMT
References: <31641@apple.Apple.COM> <1936@husc6.harvard.edu> <31666@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: sho@newton.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (Sho Kuwamoto)
Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., W. Lafayette, IN
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In article <31666@apple.Apple.COM> mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson) writes:
>This is the difference between systems
>like CompuServe and AppleLink (people have accounts which can be tracked and
>downloaded files can be tracked) and the Internet (anonymous FTP doesn't make
>these sorts of requirements very easy to meet).

Is there any reason why Apple could not set up a non-anonymous ftp
server that was well-connected to the net?  Does AppleLink already do
what I'm asking?  First off, is it available to everyone who has an
Apple computer?  Second, is it free?

What I'm saying is that Apple could set up a cheap machine as a
dedicated ftp server, give people separate accounts, and load it with
Tech Notes, system software, ResEdit, etc.  Would this be too expensie
to implement and support?  (I dunno.  Could be.  I have no idea.)

Well, in either case, I have been very happy with Apple's support for
small developers (maybe more like hobbyists in my case) and their
continual upgrades to the system.  Thanks a lot.  And keep up the good
work.

-Sho