At 11:20 AM -0700 7/2/03, David Wheeler wrote:Might Apple consider seeding SourceForge with a copy of Panther to install on server farm?
I see two problems with this idea. Neither of them is (necessarily) a show stopper, but they must be addressed:
* Having a copy on a server farm will only provide GUI-based access (e.g., to CB and Xcode) to folks that have physical access. How useful would this be?
* Apple may be nervous about allowing large-scale access to the seed release (after all, if they wanted to make it freely available for download, they certainly know how to do that :-).
Can you flesh out your suggestion a bit, addressing these points? If we end up with a plausible suggestion, I know someone in Apple who may be able to do something about it.
Yes, I'd have to agree with Rich that Apple would be hesitant about a Panther server farm with unrestricted access. But if a reasonably secure proposal can be made, I can try to sell it to the higher ups.
Edward Moy Apple
