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Newsgroups: alt.sources,comp.dcom.modems,comp.protocols.misc
Path: wupost!uhog.mit.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!gatech!swrinde!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!nac.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!omen!caf
From: caf@omen.COM (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Subject: Re: Other Unix Zmodems (was Re: zmtx/zmrx, plagiarized zmodem implementation)
Organization: Omen Technology INC, Portland Rain Forest
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 00:04:18 GMT
Message-ID: <CttxJ6.95L@omen.COM>
References: <31gkbu$j6@vespucci.iquest.com> <CttswA.83n@omen.COM> <31hcis$6fi@vespucci.iquest.com>
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In article <31hcis$6fi@vespucci.iquest.com> racerx@vespucci.iquest.com (Chris Adams) writes:
>No it wasn't. That is what I wanted to know - WHEN!
WHEN is irrelevant when the performance of 2.12 is excellent.
>>As shown by the very slow transfer between C-Kermit and Telix,
>>public domain Kermit got its reputation for slow file transfers
>>the hard way: it *earned* it.
>
>I don't see what you said as pointing out the hypocrisy in such attacks.
>I see it as deliberate misinformation to try to skew the results in your
>favor. You still have not ever shown that there was a public domain
>version. Free is _not_ public domain. Yet you still bash "public
>domain Kermit" in the next paragraph.
OK, maybe there never was a public domain version of Kermit.
There are public domain versions of rz/sz ZMODEM, and they are
as fast as the best proprietary versions of Kermit in many
applications.
>What do you care if I write a poor implementation? Then you can point
>out that it is not good, and try to sell more copies of your
>implementation. Also, how do you know that I would write a poor
The same reason I care that Procomm and Telix don't have great
implementations. They give Columbia University excuse to claim
"Kermit outperforms the competition every time". Not having a
publicly subsidized non profit mailing permit, I cannot
effectively counter Columbia's deceptive advertising as well as
I would like to.
--
Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX caf@omen.COM 503-621-3406
Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, GSZ and DSZ
Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software"
TeleGodzilla BBS: 503-621-3746 FAX:-3735 CIS:70007,2304