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- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!ingr!spm!nik!nik
- From: nik@nik.b30.ingr.com (Nik Simpson)
- Subject: Re: Why no response from BSI or Intergraph
- Message-ID: <C0JM72.op@nik.b30.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph Systems Product Marketing
- References: <1993Jan7.010857.19092@nuscc.nus.sg> <1993Jan8.125809.10820@sbfdk.sbf.dk>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 16:09:01 GMT
- Lines: 42
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- In article <1993Jan8.125809.10820@sbfdk.sbf.dk> bmu@sbfdk.sbf.dk (Boerge Mueller) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan7.010857.19092@nuscc.nus.sg> engboksh@nuscc.nus.sg (BOK SHUNG HWEE (MR)) writes:
- >>
- >>Sorry I posted to the other subject " ... better software company" but
- >>this is it : maybe through Intergraph or an active Integraph user in
- >>IGUG, another suggestion is put up a user group repository as part of the
- >>FTP site.
- >>
- >>If anything, Intergraph will become a more widely known vendor even
- >>amongst non-Intergraph customers :-) There is nothing to lose.
- >>
- >
- >Why do we not see answers from BSI or Intergraph, we know you are
- >listening !!!!!!!!!
-
- Caution personal opinion only.
-
- I believe the reason we do not offer an ftp site for Intergraph
- customers are:
-
- 1) Tiny minority of customers have Internet access. I know this,
- I maintain the alt.sys.intergraph mailing list, I doubt if
- there are more than 20 customers worldwide that subscribe to
- this mailing list.
-
- 2) Past experience has shown that allowing incoming connections
- is a potential security risk. While this risk can be mitigated
- by setting up firewalls etc it is expensive and not foolproof.
-
- 3) The general consensus amongst those of us who've discussed this
- issue is that dissemination of PD software is best handled by
- the user group. A good example of this is DECUS.
-
- If the user group is interested in providing a mechanism for
- distributing software we could provide large amounts of PD software on a
- no support basis similar to the XCONTRIB product.
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