Re: Apple II Google Group

["Polymorph" <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

Poster wrote:
> Chris Alaimo wrote:
> > PZ wrote:
> >> No "fracas" implied.  I think its good that we have a spot now thats
> >> easily publicly accessible as a repository for "stuff".  FTP sites come
> >> and go and require users to enter via a login process. I'm not saying
> >> this solution is guarenteed, but this is a solution that can be
> >> directly linked to and easily reached by anyone.
> >>
> >> - Paul
> >
> > This is an excellent point.  There is a much better chance that Mr.
> > Garber's web site will disappear, or that he will decide that it isn't
> > worth the money, than there is the chance that Google will cease to
> > exist or that the files will disappear.  But as I said, I did not
> > create this with the intention that it become CSA2's official file
> > archive.
> >
> > Also Bill, your web-based file server does not allow web-based
> > uploading, which would make it a lot easier.
> >
> > Chris
> >
>
> Garber's site can be mirrored. That's easy to do. I also suspect that
> it's easy to make the page cross-browser. As for Google going away, that
> is not likely. Is it likely that they'll kill Google groups at some
> time? That all depends on how much profit they're making.
>
> -- Poster
>
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>From what I can tell, both solutions have their places. If someone has
a disk image and wants to make it available *now* for a shorter time
only, then it would seem that the Google Group solution has the
advantage. However, Bill's ftp server could be considered a longer-term
storage repository (with possible mirrors being made).

The only possible drawback that I see will Bill's ftp site is that
people will start uploading disk images that can be found elsewhere and
needlessly clogg up Bill's site. When that happens over a period of
time, Bill's site will potentially be as hard to search as asimov and
co. Unless of course Bill is especially gifted in disk image
organisation.   :-)

I reckon that as long as people do not abuse the priveledges, I think
both solutions could work quite well together. I mean, there is nothing
stopping you from uploading a disk image to both repositories to gain
the benefits of both.

cheers,
-p