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From: iwm@asun3.ic.ac.uk (Ian Moor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: please stop that whining (was Re: British software)
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Date: 18 Sep 88 17:34:52 GMT
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>> Now you know how those of us in Europe feel when we see `available by
>> anonymous FTP from xxx' on a software announcement. I guess that 99% of
>> European users  cannot easily get such software.

>	you are both rather silly!  when I indicate that something is
>	available for FTP, that tells those that can access it that they
>	don't need to ask anyone else for the the favor to forward it
>	by e-mail.  others can ask a net-friend who has access to retrieve
>	the file and forward it.  Myself, I have yet to turn down anyone
>	asking me to forward a file...

Gosh! I didn't mean to whine! (Well not much:-). Actually now that there
is an archive of Mac stuff over here it makes much more sense for transatlantic
traffic to be between archives rather than individuals. (Uk readers who
havent been reading uk.general should log in to lancaster VAX1 as MICROS
password MICROS and read the help files). Unfortunately we get charged for
INCOMING (and outward) international mail, so I think the best solution
must be: please post to comp.binaries.mac with world distribution.