Re: Ground's Great Admins maintain first-rate A2 site

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Sheldon Simms writes ...
> 
> .... Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
>> .... contributors are just that; they are not
partners or stock holders. Ground belongs to uiowa.edu; and, indeed,
uiowa.edu has been a good owner.
<<
> 
> I don't know that that is truly the case, but I won't debate the point
> since mere possession is close enough to ownership. Especially in this
> case, where U Iowa has maintained the drive for some years.
>

     True. On the other hand, were the usual clique of csa2, A2-2000, Ground, 
etc. bashers to whine, wail and convince Ground to give back the donated hard 
drive it would accomplish two things:

 1. Those responsible and those who continued to support them would, for all 
time and before all Ground users and csa2 members, be marked as wreckers and 
spoilers as well as persons whose words, business guarantees, and products 
are not to be trusted by Apple II users.

 2. Ground would be able to request donations and move everything to a new, 
larger drive.

>>    
     Ground's administators do excellent work in maintaining a very
large, very rich, constantly expanding collection of Apple II software
and information which is open to all users. New owners, teachers,
students, game players, programmers, experimenters, writers, composers,
and many others access Ground on a regular basis. ....
<<

> 
> .... I don't mind that Turley's stuff is there as long as the
> drive has room to hold it.

     Naturally, since, much of Dr. Tom's stuff, including A2-2000, II/IIgs 
wares, information, and the AOL Apple II archive is very good and constitutes 
a valuable resource for users.


> I do think that non-Apple II software, like
> Windows-based or Mac-based emulators should be elsewhere. There are plenty
> of other ftp sites for Windows and Mac software, including emulators.
>

     Perhaps. Still, it is possible to take ones anti-Mac bias to extremes.

     A2 emulators for Mac and PC are 'Apple2 stuff' in the sense that they 
promote interest in Apple2 wares and, sometimes, in Apple2 machines. Emulator 
efforts also promote software/hardware developments which may be beneficial 
to Apple II users. The space taken by emulator programs is relatively tiny; 
and, there is something to be said for, as much as possible, having a central 
site for 'all Apple II stuff'.


Rubywand