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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!stl!crosfield!pdg
- From: pdg@crosfield.co.uk (paul goffin)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: v13i299: zip19x32.zoo and FTP!!
- Message-ID: <15351@suns5.crosfield.co.uk>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 07:41:11 GMT
- References: <1992Sep8.043831.8152@uwm.edu> <2AAD239E.5017@deneva.sdd.trw.com> <1992Sep9.204002.16961@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.
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- In article <1992Sep9.204002.16961@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >In article <2AAD239E.5017@deneva.sdd.trw.com> reimert@mamacass.etdesg.trw.com (Scott P. Reimert) writes:
- >>Part 3 of Info-ZIP Zip 1.9 never made it this far. Would it be possible to
- >>get it reposted please?
-
- >Just ftp the program from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. Everything posted to
- >comp.binaries.os2 is sent there. It's currently in /pub/os2/new.
- >It'll be moved elsewhere RSN. It'll also be mirrored in the
- >"archives" directory tree - where all c.b.o2 submissions end up.
-
- David, if we all had access to ftp, then none of the binaries newsgroups
- would be necessary at all. Some of us (me included) don't have access
- to ftp. Some of us (me included) don't have access to mail servers
- either.
-
- It's very annoying to get _most_ of what looks as if it could be useful,
- but to then not be able to use it as it isn't complete.
-
- Now I much appreciate the help given to all by the various contributors
- to this and other newsgroups, but I really get sick of posted answers
- like "Just ftp X from Y. No problem". If I could just ftp it,
- it would have done and I wouldn't need to post requests for repostings
- in the first place. (Oh, that was a complicated thing to write; did
- it make sense?)
-
- And while I'm having a bit of a moan, I also hate the "Just
- call 800-xxxxxxx for your free update" comments. For most
- of the world, updates are not free, and what's more, we can't
- call (easily) the 800 numbers.
-
- Sorry if this seems a bit negative. I appreciate the help and
- information I get here, honestly! but please, don't assume that
- we all have the same facilities as a US University.
-
- Paul
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