>HTTP relies on its standard thus you can't add specific FTP commands in the URL such as passing the username and the password. This is one difference.
Thanks. Actually, I meant advantages for the end-user - that is me - if the server (e.g.,
www.OpenOffice.org) supplies both options. Do you think FTP would result in a faster download?
Hilmar.
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