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RE: FTP for HFV, round 2



>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Hedberg <chrished@microsoft.com> writes:

    Chris> 	There's been a lot of debate lately about having a
    Chris> user-upload HFV site. Cliff, would it be possible for you
    Chris> guys to have a "submit" directory, where folks could dump
    Chris> software. That way, you all would have time to verify
    Chris> copyright info, check that the programs work (minimally,
    Chris> anyway) and then swap them over to a user pickup _at your
    Chris> leisure_ (ha! Sorry, bad joke in your case).

That's really the crux of it.  Right now I spend large amounts of time
answering e-mail, a bit of time processing orders/answering the phone
and the rest of my time debugging and/or coding.  I know of a variety
of applications that we'd like to put in HFVs that wouldn't take that
much time, but now, *especially* with Cotton in town, I think it's
more important that we concentrate on getting apps that don't work to
work rather than helping distribute apps that do work.

After all, if you know the name and ftp site of an app that works, and
you can pick it up as a .hqx file, running it through Stuffit Expander
is probably all you need to do to install it.

    Chris> You could
    Chris> build one new .HFV of demos each month containing _only_
    Chris> new stuff, and have one large one containing the sum of all
    Chris> the smaller ones for first-time downloaders and hard drive
    Chris> crash victims.  We'z all out here to help you guys sell a
    Chris> better product.

Well, the selling of 1.99<x> doesn't even cover the bills -- we do it
mostly to keep people in the loop so we get the feedback we need.  It
defrays the bills, but we really need the killer demo to get the money
to launch 2.0 the way it deserves to be launched.  Right now, top
priority is getting the minimal System 7 compatility stuff going and
getting some of the big name apps running.

    Chirs> Keep telling us why you can't do it, and
    Chris> eventually we'll come up with a plan that can do it. Pardon
    Chris> me for sounding like a 50s movie extra. So, tell me
    Chris> specifically what's wrong with the above idea, and I'll get
    Chris> back to you.  -Chris Hedberg

If someone wants to set up a site independently of ARDI, if it's run
with good intentions and adequate supervision, I'll mention that site
in the FAQ.  That will only require me to edit executor-faq.bfnn,
recompile the FAQ and respond appropriately if there are any
accusations of copyright abuse.  I can squeeze *that* into my busy
schedule.  That's now the unofficial ARDI Web pages are done -- Jered
Floyd had done it totally out of the goodness of his heart
(http://vorlon.mit.edu/pub/arditop.html).

	--Cliff
	ctm@ardi.com



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