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[adcarlso@xxxxxxxxxx (Arlen Carlson)]

On 18-Oct-00 Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
> Purple Shirt wrote:
> 
>> I still think they should move away from the CDs and towards distribution
>> via limited access ftp through membership fees. They could give those
>> members also the ability to burn a copy of an official release iso pack and
>> not only an evaluation one.
> 
> The problem with ftp-only distribution is that it's entirely impractical to
> pick up 3GB worth of material over a connection that's much less than a T1
> line.
> 
> Paul Abrahams
> 
> 
> 
 
FTP-type distributions work great...case in point Debian...its updating method
is almost entirely FTP.  And its probably used worldwide, even in "expensive"
dialup areas of the world.

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