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On 17 September 2012 12:33, Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > NFS is designed to serve files via the network and has been doing it well > before http came into existance. Same argument could be applied to FTP. FTP has issues, thankfully it's sane to implement unlike CIFS/NFS. >> Running a httpd on every device is. > And that's different from running an NFS on every device because ... It's cross platform and it crap ton less code / complexity? > You don't need to do any of that - you just run the file browser of your > choice on your computer and access the remote files via NFS (or CIFS if you > must). It's all there, already been done and it works. You're just > re-inventing a wheel that already works. A Web browser is far more ubiquitous than a crappy file browser. You might as well use it instead and get access to files simply. Kind regards, -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq