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From: kees@echelon.nl (Kees Hendrikse)
Subject: Re: Kermit via PPP under DOS?
Organization: Echelon Consultancy, Enschede, The Netherlands
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:19:03 GMT
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In <omvhza9x7g.fsf@tees.cs.ualberta.ca> Vladimir Alexiev writes:
> Ok, maybe I chose my words wrong, but what you've written so far is:
> - class 1 is supposed to work this way: <a non-technical description>
> - Kermit works ok with real class 1
> - ergo, there must be something wrong with class 1 emulators
> Of course, what I wrote isn't more technical either:
> - these other apps work with class 1 emulators
> - ergo, it should be easy to change Kermit to also work with them
Your argument has a serious flaw: both the 'other apps' and the emulator
might be doing things that only vaguely resemble class 1 and still work
happy together. Please let's stick to wel documented standard interfaces.
There's already too much broken network software out there.
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