On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Craig Woods wrote:
> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 20:52:55 -0500
> From: Craig Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Download managers !
>
> Good info, Ellick, and quite timely as well. Maybe others on the list have seen
> today's news. Netscape (AOL) has been sued for the very acitivity you enunciate
> in your msg. The court rulled in _our_ direction. They found Net_shit to be
> in violation of the law by engaging in the practice of "spying" while
> performing as a "download manager". Hey, power to the people, right on!
>
> Craig
>
Thanks Craig, as I said, I prefer the open source, terminal friendly
approach to this. I use ssh and screen extensively across 3 or 4 computers
daily, including a laptop. The thing is that a download manager for my
laptop is impractical, as it loses the net connection every time I keep
moving it, so it is much easier to use wget on my cable modem box :)
Also, I'm sick of those lying windows apps that claim to accelerate your
browsing, and "remember" your passwords, as I've had suspicions on those
too. Too bad that these apps had good ideas, but were just too closed
source, making spying more difficult to detect for the average user.
These were among my list of grievances for abandoning windows :)
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Regards,
Ellick Chan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aug 10
