Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/01-Mar-04
FTP in the Finder — Apple’s built-in FTP client still doesn’t seem to be fully implemented, leading to a discussion of other FTP software. (27 messages)
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Synchronization Software? What’s the best way to synchronize your data among multiple Macs? (9 messages)
<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2181>
Thoth Software Closes Down — The maker of a popular Usenet newsreader is shuttered, but the act sparks a discussion of other newsreader software. (17 messages)
<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2182>
System level databases — Many Apple programs, such as Address Book, hint at the value of working with system-level databases that are shared by many applications. Readers debate how a more comprehensive relational database, versus the existing filesystem, would work. (6 messages)
<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2184>