From: banksie@khantazi.welly.gen.nz (Philip R. Banks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Bandwidth on the NZ Server
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 12:36:38 +1200
Reply-To: banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: My Arc.

neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Postlethwaite) writes:

>       For christ sake if you have a problem with people outside NZ
> accessing the Info-Server too much why the bloody hell do you keep posting
> the updates to the server WORLDWIDE. I don't know about the other
> servers round the world but why don't people C O - O P E R A T E. If you
> have new software, mail it the the server administrators ie Albert (bless
> his cotton socks) at Newcastle, other people at the Australian and other
> servers. Publicising and then expecting people who don't know how many
> others are after the same software will lead to over use. Mail it to
> local (ie Newcastle for UK/Europe) servers so people don't need to hog
> yours.

   Because you great steaming *twit* there were files here that no-one else
currently has *permission* to store on any other archive. I wanted to keep
the access open to let people get at these files. The sort of thing includes
:-

   BBCEmulator v1.6
   Release 2 Printer Drivers
   IRQUtils v.12
   WimpUtils
   Hourglass
   Sound2
   Clib v3.75
   FPEmulator v2.80
   Killer v1.26
   
I can't get other sites to archive them due to the conditions we have been
supplied them under. They stipulate that this site and *only* this site is
allowed to hold them for distribution. (Why? I dunno. Ask Acorn)

   And the global broadcast? Because I was trying to do the Acorn internet
community a *service* by letting them know when a new, unique to this site,
file came in. Considering that nearly everything else is sourced from
Newcastle and comp.binaries.acorn I was expecting that people, especially
after I had asked nicely as much, to only get what they *needed* from here.
If people had done that there would have been no problem.

   You talk about co-operation. As it happens Albert and I have been
chatting about these files and this site is currently running as a mirror to
Newcastle. Given also that Albert was concerned about file space on his site
I thought this was a good thing too. As Albert had to remove old files from
Newcastle we could keep them stored online here. Again excuse me for wanting
to offer a service to the Acorn net users. And indeed I was trying to
arrange at one point for Newcastle to be allowed to mirror the unique files
here. However I was unsuccesful. I *have* been talking to the Australian
sites.

>       I suppose you are going to dig peoples names out of the mail log
> file and 'yellow star' them next are you ???

   Given that some wally requested a total of 25 Megs in two months then
maybe I might. The point is slightly moot now.

   It is people like you who fail to appreciate what others have been trying
to do for you that really hacks me off. I had hoped to turn this site into a
focal point for distributing those Acorn files and thus keep the network up
to-date with the latest versions of them. And despite your comments I am
still going to try, although quite what I can do know I am not sure.

   So Neil how about engaging brain before posting?

    Philip

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