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- From: ferguson@cs.rochester.edu (George Ferguson)
- Subject: Re: Writing an "archie", anyone want to pitch in?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.183513.16692@cs.rochester.edu>
- Reply-To: ferguson@cs.rochester.edu (George Ferguson)
- Organization: University of Rochester.
- References: <46078@ogicse.ogi.edu> <1992Nov19.082212.13052@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> <46131@ogicse.ogi.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:35:13 GMT
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- If you've got the time and resources to develop a new AFTP database
- server, why wouldn't you consider contributing that time and effort
- towards improving the existing one?
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- If you feel that Alan and Peter have done the net a great disfavour by
- charging for the new releases of Archie servers, perhaps you could
- elaborate. I personally accept what they did as being necessary to
- sustain the development of the service(s). I also don't think that
- they're in it to bilk the net out of something, or to make a fortune
- on the backs of others. I think their contributions to IETF and such
- activities reflects a genuine concern for and interest in sustained
- growth of the Internet community. The fact that they also have to eat
- and pay rent without the benefit of graduate stipends or a job that
- allows them to work on their own projects is simply a fact of life.
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- My money is where my mouth is: I spend more time than I should
- "supporting" xarchie and developing the next version, which will be
- released sometime RSN, maybe this month. I'm happy to contribute for
- free to the extent that my situation allows it. They wanted to be
- independent of external factors like theses or backups, and so choose
- the path they did. The fact is that the Internet is becoming
- commercialized at an incredible rate, and I think it's great that
- knowledgeable and caring people like Alan and Peter are involved. It's
- one thing to write a bit of code that sets up the servers -- we can
- all do that. It's another thing entirely to devote time to community
- concerns that such services generate.
-
- George
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