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From: "John Chewter" <john@chewter.powernet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Can someone tell me the sting that kermit outputs to the server when a Kermit finish statement is used
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 19:02:32 +0100
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To: kermit.misc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
> : If you want help - they try to sell you a book - fair
> :
> Yes, this is where the money comes from that pays for the Kermit Project,
> since it is not funded by any sugar daddies, grants, tuition money, or any
> other form subsidy. Without it, nobody would be here to make the software
> or answer anybody's questions.
>
> : If you ask for a control or ask about 3rd party suppliers - ridicule
> :
> When has any member of the Kermit Project ever ridiculed anybody? We have
> a canned statement that we supply in response to requests for "controls",
> which you can find in our FAQ. In what way does this answer offend or not
> make sense?
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/sdk.html
>
> The problem with 3rd party suppliers is that very few, if any, of them do
> a decent job. This gives the Kermit protocol itself an undeserved bad
> reputation and it has given us nothing but headaches all these years,
since
> most people expect us to support these third-party products that we have
> nothing to do with.
Ok - you are right sorry but .......
> Yes. The specification is published in a book you can find in any
library.
Thanks Ill buy it. Tried reading a draft doc that I down loaded.
> This is an open forum -- if anybody wants to jump in and fill the void
when
> such questions are asked, feel free.
>
> - Frank
Thanks