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- From: dank@cco.caltech.edu (Daniel R. Kegel)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: TCP/IP and Windows for Workgroups
- Date: 16 Dec 1992 18:58:14 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- Message-ID: <1gnu86INN1gj@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <ByyIHL.9MH@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> <723836303snx@crynwr.com> <1992Dec15.210651.28387@microsoft.com>
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- jallard@microsoft.com (James 'J' Allard) writes:
-
- >In article <723836303snx@crynwr.com> nelson@crynwr.com (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...
-
- >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.
-
- This is amazing! I never believed Microsoft would be so responsive,
- or so interested in demonstrating their tcp/ip prowess! Something
- has changed over there for the better. Now if only they'd push the
- winsock interface for use under plain ms-dos in addition to pushing it
- for MS-Windows and NT...
- - Dan K.
-