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Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit, more capabalities
From: cangel@famvid.com
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Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:52:05 GMT
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
On 1900-01-18 jrd@cc.usu.edu(JoeDoupnik) said:
JD> Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
JD> > Anyway, this has been a llllooonng reading for you all and this
JD> >has been quite much longer for me to type it, i garantee that!...
JD> Time to go!... >
JD> > Salutations,
JD> > Michel Samson
JD> -------
JD> SMTP (mail) is a full messy protocol and has no business
JD> being conducted by a terminal emulator/Kermit file transfer
JD> program.
I think you've misunderstood Michel a bit here.
I know Michel from FIDO echos.
Michel is not a programmer in _any_ compiled language. Michel
_does_ seem to have a gift for macro languages. He has done
amazing things with {COMMO} terminals macro language that I
have used here (I also like {COMMO} not just your MSK). 8)
The macros are for his enjoyment as other work crossword
puzzles or as Ben Franklin doodled his `magic squares' on
napkins while he ate.
Michel tries to share not only his macros but his knowledge of
various packet drivers and TCP/IP configuration files with as
many interested users as possible.
It is not Michel's intention to undermine MSK or any other
telnet application.
You should also know that English is not Michel's native
language and he must translate all that he posts into English.
Michel's DOS is not even in English - I know I've see his batch
files. 8)
The 300+ lines you deleted without comment would be 600+ lines
if you had written them.
You do not even acknowledge the effort the man puts into
sharing what he has accomplished but you insist on pointing to
your own efforts.
You are too involved with your own concerns and have been very
rude.
JD> The other side needs a proper MX record and a receptive
JD> SMTP host, of which the latter is not reasonable on desktop
JD> machines which are on and off a lot. This is not the way to
JD> do email.
The existing 80xx email apps are either bloated to the max or
have a tendency to want to delete the mail before you can even
reply to any of it (strange quirk they all seem to share
including NetTamer I am using now). They can be so frustrating
that Michel's macros could hardly be any worse.
JD> MSK can also mimic parts of being a web browser, as we do
JD> in class.
I would be curious to see that. I use public access LYNX
(because it includes a very good implementation of the kermit
transfer) to browse websites when using MSK.
JD> That's a technical curiosity and not a design decision.
JD> It's only that, a curiosity and not a reason to make it a
JD> Lynx-II.
It is the same for Michel, a form of entertainment.
BTW: Those with disabilities appreciate what LYNX is (as do I)
and I take exception to your referring to it as something less
than desirable. It happens to have the most compatible kermit
transfer I have found on the Internet.
JD> I have no plans of touching zmodem file transfer material.
JD> It is a different universe to construct and that would both
JD> bloat MSK and make life confusing to users because of the
JD> much different command sets.
Millions do manage both. 8)
JD> I need not mention that it costs time to implement
JD> correctly, and perhaps licensing fees to Omen Tech Inc to
JD> get the full specs (not just the quicky stuff). Similarly,
JD> I have no plans on subverting MS-DOS Kermit to be yet
JD> another transport layer blob.
Modern software uses `plugins'. What do you call those -
transport layer blobs? Hooks for external add-ons is the norm
there is nothing `bad' about it.
JD> There are programs out there which can be used and ought
JD> not be a speed limiting factor. And they are designed
JD> specifically for this task. Again, user interfacing is
JD> another big problem, and that makes life difficult for all
JD> but the very small number of prospective beneficiaries of a
JD> transport blob approach.
The user interface is the responsibility of the author of the
external (or plugin as they now call them).
JD> The internal technical details are more complex that folks
JD> appreciate, even though "its only software." It could be I
JD> know something about the matter.
I do not view programs as "only software" I assure you. I'm not
a kid.
I admire you for your accomplishment re:MSK but at this point I
admire the software more than the man who worked on it. You're
not making the best of impressions here in _my_ part of the
universe.
JD> I am open to discussions on providing an efficient
JD> transport layer blob, as I crudely describe this approach,
JD> but only on a prepaid contract basis. The same applies to
JD> existing BBS software: the Kermit protocol implementation
JD> could be made better. If serious then please contact me
JD> directly with formal specifics; it won't be cheap.
You see when I said that I got "It speaks for itself" and you
gave the guy an `attaboy'. Now you're saying the very same
thing. Do all of you have double standards. Is Mount Olympus
your zip code?
JD> Lest folks misunderstand, I do listen and extract what I
JD> think is being asked for (being polite here).
Polite here or condescending?
JD> From that I make a judgment about what MSK can do to help.
JD> So far I think there is a pronounced mismatch and that
JD> there are alternatives which do or can be made to work
JD> satisfactorily.
I have no idea what you just typed. Could you clarify or expand
on this a bit?
JD> Further, there are alternatives of basic approach which
JD> obviate dealing with BBS software and 8088 class machines;
JD> millions of people use them daily.
I have absorbed the fact, albeit rather slowly, that corporate
needs take precedent over average user needs here.
JD> With that I think the matter has been explored here as far
JD> as it needs to be.
What is _needed_ is no more nor less than K95 user _need_. K95
needs zmodem and kermit, MSK needs the same. People are people
even if they aren't cororate managers with cute titles.
It's really too bad you didn't use this "transport layer blob"
phraseology with the author of WATTCP long ago. I'm certain the
outcome of your joint venture would have been different than it
has been and we wouldn't be having this conversation at all.
Have a nice day.
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