2 Aug
2011
2 Aug
'11
9:41 p.m.
On 8/2/2011 4:25 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Chris Weisiger wrote:
Would that be the same as: why are there multiple desktops: kde gnome
fvwm, icewm, busybox, etc....
why are there multiple browsers: firefox konquerer why are there multiple text editors: vim joe nano
ROTFLMAO! You forgot emacs (take it to alt.religion.editors)
why are there multiple mail distribution tools: sendmail, exim, postfix
fetchmail, too.
It's the Unix Way: not "how can I do this?", but "of all the ways I can do it, which would I prefer?"
No, its 'how can I repeat old mistakes' instead of learning from them or building on them.
But back to the original problem, why would anyone use ftp in this century when rsync or http(s) are so much easier to manage?
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