XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Herbert Kleebauer wrote:   
   >> Since your needs are so simple, almost any solution I've tested in the past   
   >> works for you (& that's fine). Nobody said you had to use a better tool.   
   >   
   > But I can't imagine a simpler way to do it: one finger tip on the   
   > phone and one QR-code scan on the PC and all is up and running.   
      
   As I said, I agree with you that both FTP & WebDav are equally simple.   
    a. Both require nothing to be installed on the Windows PC.   
    b. Both require a free server to be set up on the mobile device   
    c. Both require an "address" to be pasted into Windows to work   
      
   As I had said, Occam's Razor has two tenets, and this satisfies both   
   for you, since your needs are lesser than those of mine in this case.   
      
    1. Occam's Razor says we take the simplest solution   
    2. That satisfies all the conditions.   
      
   Note Occam's Razor isn't the simplest solution alone.   
   It's the simplest solution that satisfies the need.   
      
   For you, FTP solves both conditions, and I do not disagree with you.   
      
   > And you don't have to learn anything new because all you are using   
   > is the Windows explorer (in the same way as you do it on the local disk).   
      
   The "net use" command dates back to the earliest Microsoft networking tools   
   in the late 1980s and has been present in every Windows NT-based system   
   since Windows NT 3.1 (1993). Nothing new there...   
      
   > It does all I want and in the simplest way possible. So I call   
   > it the "better tool".   
      
   Yes. Note that I will never disagree with a logically sensible statement.   
   For your purposes, Occam's Razor fits:   
    a. It's a simple tool...   
    b. That meets your requirements.   
      
   I would say that WebDav is just as simple and meets your requirements also,   
   but what's different (as you note above) is you'd need to learn "net use".   
      
   So, for you, it's the simplest tool (because you already know it).   
   And it meets all your requirements.   
      
   Hence, I can't disagree since I follow logic every moment of my life.   
      
   >>> The communication software on pc and phone must be active only   
   >>> if I transfer data. I don't want an open port to the phone all   
   >>> the time.   
   >>   
   >> Bbbbbuuuuttttt it's just this one command you run when you need it.   
   >>   C:\> net use Z: \\102.168.1.2@8000\DavWWWRoot   
   >   
   > The problem is not the client (pc) but the server (phone). If   
   > the port is open all the time, there is a much higher risk to be   
   > misused than when the server is only running while it is actually   
   > used.   
      
   Bbbbbuuuuttttt you only run the mobile phone server when you need it.   
   Just like you do with the FTP server.   
      
   There's no difference at all in that regard.   
   Anyway, we have had this same conversation for years, so let's summarize   
   that I agree with you that FTP fits your Occam's Razor conditions, while it   
   does not fit mine (because my conditions require a Windows drive letter).   
      
   That's fair.   
      
   Please do see the thread on the comparison of the two methodologies.   
   The goal is for us all, together, to learn from each others' experiences.   
      
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