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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: ANNOUNCE: http://ftp.kde.org/
From:       Melissa Johnson <missa () usol ! com>
Date:       2000-04-17 18:31:01
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Because FTP only allows a certain amount of users.  Whenever a new release is
made, it takes forever to connect to download it (forever means more than five
minutes!)

On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, 1stFlight ! wrote:
> Okay, I have to ask...whats the difference in protocol make? I thought ftp was
> designed for better file transfers than http?  Enlighten me please.
> 
> 
> Darryl
> 
> "Arthur H.Johnson II" wrote:
> 
> > Great move!
> >
> > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Martin Konold wrote:
> > > Dear KDE Enthusiasts,
> > >
> > > Due to the still exponentially increasing number of KDE downloads I decided
> > > to add the possibility to use the http protocoll for downloading files from
> > > ftp.kde.org.
> > >
> > > The http protocol is compared to ftp protocol more lightweigth and helps us
> > > to serve you even faster.
> > >
> > > I therefor recommend to use
> > >
> > >       http://ftp.kde.org
> > >
> > > instead of
> > >
> > >       ftp://ftp.kde.org
> > >
> > > in the future.
> > >
> > > Yours,
> > > -- martin
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