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Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 08:33:43 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Cc: aliath AT nyongwa DOT montreal DOT qc DOT ca, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP v2.0 Can't find it on any ftp sites.
In-Reply-To: <199605241245.IAA24424@delorie.com>
Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960526082510.7733B-100000@is>
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On Fri, 24 May 1996, DJ Delorie wrote:

> 
> > No, /pub/simtelnet tree is NOT the SimTel mirror.  It's a mirror of the 
> > Walnut Creek repository, which is a totally different organisation.  They 
> > also carry DJGPP, though.
> 
> Yes, it is the SimTel mirror.  SimTel is a trademark of Walnut Creek.
> You're thinking of the Coast to Coast Technologies archive, which is
> also (and illegally) named "SimTel".

Well, every piece of docs in DJGPP tells about SimTel but really means the
CCT archive.  I thought being consistent (if not legally precise) would 
prevent confusion, at least until we fix the docs.

Anyway, people need to know that SimTel/vendors/djgpp and
/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp are two different directory trees maintained by
two different foundations. 

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