Re: Getting files from Caltech

[dmz@cco.caltech.edu (Daniel Zimmerman)]

In article <5a7tug$c05@darla.visi.com>, nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:

>In article <32c60206.3063590@167.152.149.11>,
>Edhel Iaur, Esq. <drsmooth@relex.com> wrote:
>>The past few days, I can't even connect at all.  I use an FTP program
>>(or my shell account) to connect to apple2.caltech.edu, right?
>
>   Yes. However, apple2.caltech.edu is a Mac box. The ftp program on
>it (NetPresenz or something like that) seems to have problems staying
>running, as whenever Caltech goes on vacation (and presumably Dan
>Zimmerman, the maintainer), the ftp program dies after a few days and
>doesn't come back until vacation is over.
>
>   In test after test, MacOS boxes have shown that they croak out
>under heavy *server* load, for www, ftp, and the like. Unix boxes are
>the ones that support all the big ftp, www, and usenet loads the best.

Actually, this is patently false... While it is true that my server did
crash while I was on break, it was my mailing list program that crashed it,
and that's because it was beta software... :)   It's certainly not a
reflection on MacOS boxes in general, because my particular MacOS box is on
the bleeding edge of the technology (lots of beta software, etc...) - more
"stable" configurations exist, and do perfectly well as servers...

In any case, the ftp server is back up now, and hopefully will remain so
for awhile... :)

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