Re: Announcement: AcorNet!

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From: Ben Chalmers
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 00:00

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In article <3vihso$mak@oban.cc.ic.ac.uk>,
          s.pattni@ic.ac.uk (Chic) wrote:

> In article <926286ki.806852586@cent.gla.ac.uk>,
>     926286ki@udcf.gla.ac.uk (Sam Kington) wrote:
> > In <1995Jul25.104749.10594@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
> >     steiner@gypsy.physik.uni-kl.de (Guido Steiner) writes:
> > >Announcement - AcorNet PD software archive under construction
> > >=============================================================
> > >[description of new archive services cut]
> > What's wrong with HENSA and Stuttgart, both of which are mirrored on the
> > Imperial College SunSite?
> > [cut]
> 
> I agree with Sam here. Do the operators of this service have any reason
> for thinking that Hensa, Stuttgart (and the new Australian server) are
> inadequate?

However (and playing the devils advocate here) is there anything wrong with
having a new archive, especially since this one is in Germany (at the moment),
and is unlikely to rival the sites used by people in the UK anyway.  Surely
we should be gald that someone is putting more presence on the net for the
Acorn market, and making it easier for Acorn users to obtain software?


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From: Ben@bench.demon.co.uk (Ben Chalmers)
Subject: Re: Announcement: AcorNet!
Date: 1995/07/31
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