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- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!jallard
- From: jallard@microsoft.com (James 'J' Allard)
- Subject: Re: TCP/IP and Windows for Workgroups
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.174956.2756@microsoft.com>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 17:49:56 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <723836303snx@crynwr.com> <1992Dec15.210651.28387@microsoft.com> <78474@hydra.gatech.EDU>
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- In article <78474@hydra.gatech.EDU> bob@comlab.gatech.edu (Bob Baggerman) writes:
- >Russell Nelson writes:
- >>>James, here's my challenge to you: run an anonymous FTP server over
- >>>Microsoft's TCP/IP stack, put something popular on that server, and
- >>>announce it all over the Internet (don't forget comp.archives and
- >>>archie). If your server serves all comers, it's worthy of the name
- >>>TCP/IP. Until then...
- >
- >James 'J' Allard writes:
- >>What an excellent idea! There are of course some details to be worked
- >>out, but I've initiated an effort to make this happen as per your
- >>suggestion.
- >
- >There are, of course, lots of ways Microsoft could provide anonymous ftp
- >access. One solution Microsoft could implement TODAY is to use an OS/2
- >based LanMan server, install IBM TCP/IP on it, and allow the internet ftp
- >access to this machine.
-
- Actually, Russ' challenge involves running *Microsoft's TCP/IP*, specifically
- Windows NT's TCP/IP stack. Running OS/2 and IBM's stack probably wouldn't
- impress him...
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