Paul,

I thought I saw a help request from you in the last day or two on setting up an
FTP server but I can't find that email.  If you are still looking, FileZilla is
a freeware FTP server and client for Windows and can be downloaded at the
following URL: http://filezilla-project.org/

As to Vista, I have 5 desktops and one tablet running XP Pro SP3 and 1 machine
running MS Server 2003 here in the office. They all run fine for the most part.
I have clients who like Vista, until they have to pay me to sort out some device
or driver incompatibility issue. All in all Vista has not been widely accepted
by the business or IT community. I personally would not have it in my office on
a business machine.

When it comes to MAC, I think they make excellent products and, since they
ported the MAC OS over to Intel-based platforms, I would love to install it.
However, the MAC OS EULA states clearly that, while you can purchase a
legitimate copy of the MAC OS, you cannot install it on any non-MAC-branded
hardware, even if it will work on the machine you built or bought. When you look
at the components inside a MAC, you will find that they are exactly the same as
found in PC boxes.  The difference is MAC charges a premium for the identical,
third-party developed devices, even though Apple had nothing to do with device
or diver development for the piece in question.  Apple charges a premium for its
systems as well even though OS 10 and Linux (in its various flavors) seem to run
just fine on plain vanilla PC boxes.

I find it curious that readers, who normally shun high priced aviation gear, are
willing to pay a premium for MAC hardware even thought it is not demonstrably
better than its contemporaries.  Isn't that contrary to the Open Source
philosophy?

Regards,


Jack Hilditch


I am not going to bother. Petri is going to mail the movies on
a DVD.

I do need some help recovering the messages sent out in the last
couple of months.

The Apple MAC OS is version of free BSD Unix/Linux :)
What you are paying for is the OS installation and program compatibility
testing cost.

Paul Lamar