Re: apple.cabi.net and the A2-Delphi forum-- time to share?

[David Miller <xjustdavex@glis.net>]

In article <3709632A.E46CEBBB@swbell.net>, Rubywand
<rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>      It sounds like Delphi is providing a chunk of space for holding A2 stuff
> and the people in the Syndicomm group manage it-- right?
> 
>      Does Delphi pay Syndicomm in any way to manage the A2 archive on Delphi?
> 
>      My reason for asking is that I'm wondering whether or not there is some
> group managing the A2 archives which has something to lose should they be
> freely available to all users.

Yes, Delphi does provide compensation to Syndicomm.  But the little bit
they get out of it isn't worth the effort to prevent access to
outsiders, especially when the goal isn't to make money (heck, it
doesn't pay enough to be doing it for the money), but to provide a
forum for Apple II users to communicate with each other.

As was pointed out earlier, there is very little on Delphi that isn't
already available on the various FTP sites except for stuff that the
authors specifically forbid from being placed elsewhere.  Syndicomm has
no say in what distribution restrictions the authors place on their
files.

Delphi's file library is one of the most difficult places to navigate
that I've ever seen (I'll take Genie's any day, but you can't get to
Genie from the net, unfortunately), and most of the people who have pay
accounts on Delphi so they can telnet in still prefer to get their
files from elsewhere if possible, due to the difficulty of finding
anything in it, and/or even being able to download from it (which is
sometimes tricky depending on your ISP's telnet client)

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Dave Miller                  |  Chief Sysop, A2Pro on Genie
xjustdavex@xsyndicommx.com   |  Assistant Forum Manager, A2Pro on Delphi
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