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From: mi@rtfm.ziplink.net (Mikhail Teterin)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?)
Date: 26 Mar 1997 15:58:08 GMT
Organization: Aldan at Newton Upper Falls
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Honorable Goatboy
wrote on 24 Mar (in article <3337e3ad.1847437@news.sprynet.com>):
>>Mmm... Does it support file/direcotries tarring/compressing on
>>the fly?
=Many servers (large ones too) don't support compressing on the fly.
=And I'm not sure if war ftp 1.55 can tar on the fly.
So the answer is NO, I guess... Poor choice of ftp-server, then, IMHO...
>> "Windows for dummies"
=So what? I'm glad dummies can use it. I'm getting tired of dealing
=with the complexities of the computer. Used to love it, but now that
=my computer is so slow it's just frustrating.
Another common misconception :) Your computer did not get any slower
since the time you bought it... Unlike cars, computers don't get
worse with time (well, they may break)... You may "feel" it is slower,
because you've already experienced a faster one.
And here we may rephrase a well known :
Those willing to give up functionality for ease of use
loose both and deserve neither.
But I'm glad you found your niche...
-mi
--
"Windows for dummies"