Richard Stallman writes:
Why propose so much effort just to use an alternative to ftp?
ftp seems to work; what benefit would we have from the option
to use another alternative?
Flexablily.
The ability to get around nasty firewalls.
The ability to transparently include html files, and edit them using
http fetch and related protocols.
Anythng else that comes along.
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