Re: AdaNET (was Re: Electronic copy of LRM)

[news.intercon.com!psinntp!witch!mlb!mbayern@louie.udel.edu (Mark Bayern)]

 
>In article <SRCTRAN.93May3125357@world.std.com> srctran@world.std.com (Gregory
 Aharonian) writes:
>>
>>>  AdaNET is not accessible by anonymous ftp.  This is a research project,
>>>  and our contract states that we must track usage of the repository.
>>
>>   What do you mean by usage?  If it just means tracking who is acquiring
>>components, that capability is already built into anonymous-ftp, since
>>people usually have to identify themselves to access an anonymous ftp site.
>Not quite, Greg. Anonymous ftp _asks_ for your login ID as a password,
>but in fact you can type anything; most folks just use "guest".
>
>>Some of these excuses for locking up access to federally funded repositories
>>are starting to sound pretty lame.


Greg,

What really ought to bug you about AdaNET is not the easy access
(yes, it is easy to get an account), but the fact that I can call an
800 number and request software.  They then send it on diskettes
(in my requested format) to me for _free!_.  Its a neat deal if they
have the stuff I'm looking for.  However, if I was in the business,
I'd really resent the govt funded competition.

Mark