Re: Genie...is it worth it?

[jd-wong@cs.uiuc.edu (Jim Wong)]

In article <3p8rih$sru@condor.ic.net>, kindall@falcon.ic.net (Jerry
Kindall) wrote:

> How much work is it for an internet provider to carry Apple II 
> newsgroups and allow access to Apple II FTP sites?  Virtually none.  How 
> much work is it for the GEnie A2 staff to do all the things they do?  A 
> lot.

Of course, it takes a huge amount of effort to support and maintain
something like the info-mac mailing list and archives or, to a lesser
degree, the Apple II archives at Cal Tech.

If you have cheap (or free) internet access, there's not much point to
using a commercial online service unless you have a specific need for one
of the services only they provide.

-- 
Jim Wong (jd-wong@uiuc.edu)