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- From: nabil@ogicse.ogi.edu (Aaron Nabil)
- Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
- Subject: Re: Writing an "archie", anyone want to pitch in?
- Message-ID: <46131@ogicse.ogi.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 13:10:40 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ogicse.46131
- References: <46078@ogicse.ogi.edu> <1992Nov19.082212.13052@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>
- Organization: Explosive Space Modulators - R - Us
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- peterd@cc.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch) writes:
- +In article <46078@ogicse.ogi.edu> nabil@ogicse.ogi.edu (Aaron Nabil) writes:
- +>I'd like to write a freely availiable archie server, preferably one
- +>that can read existing archie databases.
- +>
- +>If you'd be interested in help out in planning or implementation,
- +>drop me a line.
- +
- +>Well, as one of the guys who has devoted most of the past
- +>couple of years of his life to building up and keeping the
- +>existing archie service alive I would have to point out
- +>that the code _is_ freely available.
-
- Freely availiable, as in _free_. Or at least availiable.
-
- >Of course, it is no
- >longer _free_ to an archie service operator, which is a
- >different issue, but those who buy it also get a lot of
- >support, including coordination between the multiple
- >archie sites, bug fixes, answers to a _lot_ of user's
- >questions, documentation, etc. I say this only in case
- >anyone who might be wondering about why we must now charge
- >for access to archie wonder exactly what we are charging
- >for....
-
- You could try answering your email when commercial
- sites like mine with money in their fists write you asking how
- to set up an archie server.
-
- >... I think anyone thinking of turning an
- >archie-like tool loose on the net should consider the
- >impact that hundreds or thousands of similar programs
- >gathering the same data would have on volunteer information
- >providers,...
-
- No doubt, but that's why I want to be able to read existing archie
- databases.
-
- >BTW, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "read
- >existing archie databases"?
-
- For example, ans.net has their archie database publicly readable. Several
- archie sites are mirroring it for their own use.
-
-
- --
- Aaron Nabil
- nabil@cse.ogi.edu
-