Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???

["Steve Lamb" <morpheus@rpglink.com>]

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On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 18:23:35 -0600 (MDT), John Galt wrote:

>Basic-4 many a moon ago, those things are HEAVY).  In fact, I asked for
>the correct protocol, and all you gave me was sneakernet.  Sneakernet is
>never the correct protocol, it's just a quick and dirty method of getting
>files between comps when you don't wish to use the correct protocol.

    And this is why discussions go on endlessly.  Because people jump into
the middle without bothering to gain the context of the conversation.  Want
the correct protocol for getting a file from machine A to machine B?

Internet Protocols:
FTP: Name says it all.
HTTP: Not as nice as FTP, but it still is worlds better than email.

Intranet Protocols:
SMB: Microsoft to the rescue
FTP: Still works
HTTP: Hey, still works.
NFS: Works wonders, esp. for shared projects.

    If none of those are available.  TOUGH SHIT, MAIL IT.

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