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- In article <129277@cup.portal.com>, Jeric@cup.portal.com (J Eric Chard)
- writes:
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- Hmmmmmm. In my ignorance, I assume (ha!) that NewTek had ALREADY
- pretty much solved cross-platform networking from their experience
- with ScreamerNet.
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- Maybe SN is so simple-minded that it doesn't "really" qualify as
- networking.
-
- I suspect that as long as the data formats for the various elements
- are portable (after all, SCENE files are ASCII up to 3.5) that some
- clever folk out there will figure something out.
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- Ahhh - our experience with Screamernet...there's the rub. What we learned
- is that we don't want to try to support that in house - it is a MAJOR
- hassle and not worth it for us. Constant problems and fingerpointing
- between networking card people, hardware people. software people, users,
- and us,
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- Arrgh.
-
- As for compatibility - LW 4.0's modularity is the fly in that ointment
- ...what if that post processing module I LOVE on my Pentium hasn't been
- written for the Amiga?
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- Thank about it - as more modules get used, this will only get worse.
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- Lee Stranahan
- NewTek, Inc
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