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peterd@cc.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch) writes:
+In article <46078@ogicse.ogi.edu> nabil@ogicse.ogi.edu (Aaron Nabil) writes:
+>I'd like to write a freely availiable archie server, preferably one
+>that can read existing archie databases.
+>
+>If you'd be interested in help out in planning or implementation, 
+>drop me a line.
+
+>Well, as one of the guys who has devoted most of the past
+>couple of years of his life to building up and keeping the
+>existing archie service alive I would have to point out
+>that the code _is_ freely available.

Freely availiable, as in _free_.  Or at least availiable.

>Of course, it is no
>longer _free_ to an archie service operator, which is a
>different issue, but those who buy it also get a lot of
>support, including coordination between the multiple
>archie sites, bug fixes, answers to a _lot_ of user's
>questions, documentation, etc. I say this only in case
>anyone who might be wondering about why we must now charge
>for access to archie wonder exactly what we are charging
>for....

You could try answering your email when commercial
sites like mine with money in their fists write you asking how
to set up an archie server. 

>... I think anyone thinking of turning an
>archie-like tool loose on the net should consider the
>impact that hundreds or thousands of similar programs
>gathering the same data would have on volunteer information
>providers,...

No doubt, but that's why I want to be able to read existing archie
databases.

>BTW, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "read
>existing archie databases"?

For example, ans.net has their archie database publicly readable.  Several
archie sites are mirroring it for their own use.


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Aaron Nabil
nabil@cse.ogi.edu