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Firstly, the debate about "more" common and "less" common is lame. I've said my piece, if you are wed to ftp, so be it, it's retro tech. Secondly, Apple deciding to drop legacy platforms and code is actually a good point, imho. It is pretty much still possible for you to install Windows 1, and...

I don't buy that either. However, it is a separate argument, we are speaking the ftp server built into a home computer. No-one is going to use their home Lion box or laptop to host anonymous FTP ?! Direct links from web browsers, cloud based sites like Megupload, DropBox etc etc, far more...

Yup, very uncommon in serious web development and development environments. As stated, horribly insecure and any serious computer person or business will use it through SSL or just use a SSH type of transfer. SSH being preferred because of it's much superior security, and no need for an extra...

Well, FTP pre-dates AppleTalk. It has been in decline for many years and plain ftp is (and should be) fairly uncommon now. SSL-FTP and SSH transfers are far more secure. Since Apple's policy is to support the new and more secure, dropping the old and insecure is far from surprising imho. As an...

Having used a few dev releases in the past it isn't uncommon for whole features to come and go. It doesn't surprise me about backwards compatability, its in part a marketing decision. Ftp is an 'older' protocol now, so i could see it being dropped. If the underlying tech is gone i'm sure there...

My SE has a PDS expansion card in it. It is identified as "MoDAM SE Rev B © 1989 MEMORY PLUS" it also has a sticker on a chip "Monochrome Spark". Has a 9 pin pug on the expansion port at the back. Machine has a fairly clean sys 6 with some scanner software on, certainly no drivers. Anyone...

Fantastic, just saved my keyboard from the recycling!!