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From: grante@visi.com (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Linux as terminal emulator.
Message-ID: <8VQm6.15$q7.4846@ruti.visi.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:50:12 GMT
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <97gfh0$nrk$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>, Frank da Cruz wrote:
>
>: [Minicom versus Kermit debate...]
>
>Minicom is great for casual or novice users if it has been set
>up for them in advance -- all its configuration files, etc.
>It's like the "Windows" of communications software. The
>tradeoff is always between ease of use and flexibility. When a
>Windows-like product works, it's great. When it doesn't, it can
>be difficult or impossible for the user to find out why and fix
>or work around the problem.
>
>Kermit is for the non-casual user who knows what they want to
>do, doesn't want anything happening by magic, needs detailed
>control of every facet of the setup and connection, and might
>also want to automate all or parts of the connection.
Thanks, that's an excellent summary.
For the types of things I wnat to do Kermit works better than
Minicom.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I was in EXCRUCIATING
at PAIN until I started
visi.com reading JACK AND JILL
Magazine!!