Re: Ground's admins: sucking up to Turkey

[sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms)]

In article <34200EB6.6E0@swbell.net>, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>      What a quaint notion! Alas, 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.

>      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. Apple II users can be 
> proud that this fine resource is theirs.

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

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