caserta@athena.mit.edu (Francesco Caserta) (04/13/91)
Archive-name: internet/finger/stormy-weather/1991-04-12
Original-posting-by: caserta@athena.mit.edu (Francesco Caserta)
Original-subject: finger weather is discontinued
Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN)
Well, I've been the one who has announced in this list the services
provided to the Internet community by stormy.atmos.washington.edu, and
now announce its death (temporarily?). This is what you will now get
by fingering weather @stormy.atmos.washington.edu
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[stormy.atmos.washington.edu]
Dear Users of Weather Forecasts,
The Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington
receives NWS weather information through a 3rd party vendor. We get
this data at a reduced rate from the vendor. However, as part of the
contract we are not supposed to distribute this data outside the
University without paying an additional $150/month licensing fee. My
department is unwilling to pay such a fee (they aren't too crazy
about providing such a service in the first place).
Therefore, I must restrict access to our forecast information to the
University of Washington. I am sorry to do this, but I will not
knowingly violate the terms of our contract. I do not think offers to
pay the extra $150/month will make any difference in this decision.
If you are on a campus with a Meteorology or Atmospheric Sciences
Department, you might try seeing if they will locally distribute such
information.
I hope you found the service useful while it lasted, and I hope that
the situation will change someday, and that I can provide such a
service in the future.
Harry Edmon (harry@atmos.washington.edu)
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At least my initial posting has been useful to bring up information
(see the subsequent postings) that were unknown to the most.
Francesco Caserta