Posted on 30-Apr-2000 08:53 GMT by Christian Kemp | 50 comments View flat View list |
This topic has recently been brought up in comp.sys.amiga.misc, but was also discussed elsewhere before. With what seems like more and more Aminet mirrors closing down or becoming very unreliable, it was suggested that Amiga should host a mirror on their site. Seeing how Aminet is a prime resource for past, present and future Amiga programs and files, I think it would be a sensible decision for Amiga to either host, or sponsor, a dedicated mirror on a reliable server with a good backbone. What do you think?
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Posted by Marco Ridoni on 29-Apr-2000 22:00 GMT | I hope Amiga will do this but please, remember that setting up a mirror of something as large and used as Aminet is not a trivial task and requires a good effort both for what it concerns servers and bandwidth. It's something Amiga Inc. can certainly afford, but it's not like hooking up your PC to the Internet via a cable modem with a Aminet CD on the tray of your CD reader... |
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