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From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit download from CompuServe.. best setup??
Date: 23 Jul 1995 19:50:32 -0500
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In article <3ur9ej$kfp@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>,
Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
>I think you and I would both like it better if these companies, when
>marketing our respective protocols, would work out arrangements with us to
>license the most up-to-date versions.
[...]
>If CompuServe were interested in a
>decent ZMODEM or Kermit implementation, they would talk to Chuck or me
>about it ( respectively :-) and we would work with them to ensure that
>they had a product that would meet or exceed their requirements.
[...]
>> CompuServe has enhanced their B protocol with 32 bit CRC and streaming
>> data transfer to provide excellent throughput downloading the types of
>> files users download from CompuServe.
>>
>Well sure they do. But having one's own proprietary protocols turns out
>to bite one back in the end. How many telnet clients do we know of that
>support B+?
Am I the only one who has trouble determining what is meant by
"proprietary" here?
Les Mikesell
les@mcs.com