> > I fully agree. binaries newsgroups are worthless. We need something
> > permanent. And an FTP site is exactly the right thing for that. We are
> > working on something.... the keyword should be FUNet as Tristan already
> > said.
>
> An ftp-server is not always the perfect solution:-)
> -It takes time before new posted software is available for downloading.
Well, it also takes time for news (specially in the case of binaries) to get
around the world. It also wastes a lot of bandwidth (also because several
requests are made for the same binary which is also posted more than once...
AND it disappears again later...) and not all newsservers will support the
binary group.
And, when Tristan is in a good mood, FUNet is updated quite fast! ;-)
> -It's not always easy to find the software you need.(file-names)
Right, you have to know the filename. But then it is easy. Just download the
ls -lR file and search in it with some program.
> -It's not possible to send a request to an ftp-server:-)
That's what comp.sys.msx or the mailinglist can be used for. Send the
request there and if someone has it, (s)he can upload it to the FTP server.
> FUNet is great but no solution for everything and everyone.
Well, I think it is at least a lot better than binary newsgroups!
Best regards,
Manuel
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