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From: dold@05.usenet.us.com
Subject: Re: ZModem in Solaris
Date: 15 Jan 1999 21:03:43 GMT
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Frank da Cruz (fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
: for UNIX, it will go fast without your even telling it. We always thought
: it was more important to make it *work* out of the box than make it fast
: out of the box and the risk of not working, but that's the wrong psychology
: for the 90s.
That is quite true. The product will be discarded in moments if it works
but is not fast. If it doesn't work, some attempts will be made to make it
work.
"everyone" knows that Kermit will always work, on any pathetic line in the
world, between any two machines. "They" never expected it to be fast, and
don't make any attempt to get it there.
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Clarence A Dold - dold@network.rahul.net
- Pope Valley & Napa CA.