Article View: alt.comp.shareware
Article #140Application Chauvinism by Major FTP site
From: rachel polanskis
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 00:00
33 lines
2565 bytes
2565 bytes
Hello, I do not usually cross post, so please forgive me. The following email I received from a friend in the USA trying to obtain a mirror site for my FAQ "TVPLUS" <http://www.zeta.org.au/~grove/tvhome.html>, frightened me a lot. I know you must have progress - but you must also have a choice. I have removed certain details to provide anonymity to the parties involved, but the information is TRUE. The major FTP site is a very popular one in the US for MSDOS and Windows software. Rachel Polanskis ************************************************************************ "Well, things didn't go so well when my prof buddy talked to xxxxxx's sysop. In the sysop's words, "(we) are trying to get all DOS programs off campus, since they are obsolete, will not continue to be supported in the future, and are not as popular nor as robust as their Windows counterparts." I don't know about you guys, but this is very discouraging to me. I will use and program for Win3.1 and Win95, but I feel like I've been railroaded by Bill Gates. Tis a dark day for the intelligent computer user..." ************************************************************************* Get your MSDOS software now, before it's too late! Remember CHOICE? Bill G. is taking away your choices, this must STOP!! rp
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<3rs4uh$gs3@ob1.uws.EDU.AU>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mailShow Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10f6aa,8c87df0270b8463b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10f6aa,public X-Google-Thread: f7a5e,8c87df0270b8463b,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf7a5e,public X-Google-Thread: 102bfa,8c87df0270b8463b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid102bfa,public X-Google-Thread: f71eb,8c87df0270b8463b,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf71eb,public X-Google-Thread: fd6ed,8c87df0270b8463b,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfd6ed,public X-Google-Thread: 10afa1,8c87df0270b8463b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10afa1,public X-Google-Thread: 1117c9,8c87df0270b8463b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1117c9,public X-Google-Thread: 108c83,8c87df0270b8463b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public From: grove@godzilla.zeta.org.au (rachel polanskis) Subject: Application Chauvinism by Major FTP site Date: 1995/06/16 Message-ID: <3rs4uh$gs3@ob1.uws.EDU.AU> X-Deja-AN: 104655944 organization: tvplus mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: grove@zeta.org.au newsgroups: alt.comp.shareware,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc,alt.sources,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer.turbovision,alt.fan.bill-gates,aus.computers,aus.computers.ibm-pc,alt.sources,aus.sources,comp.sys.ibm.pc