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- Message-ID: <NODMGT-L%93012119092433@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.nodmgt-l
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:48:52 +0100
- Sender: Node Management <NODMGT-L@UGA.BITNET>
- From: Eric Thomas <ERIC@SEARN.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: _possible_ death of BITNET
- In-Reply-To: Message of Thu,
- 21 Jan 1993 17:15:46 CST from Node Management <NODMGT-L@UGA>
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- On Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:15:46 CST David E Boyes <dboyes@IS.RICE.EDU> said:
-
- >The cheapest thing I've seen NJE implemented on was HUJI-NJE on a used
- >Sun3, and while the HUJI code is free, the Sun cost more used than a
- >very nice brand-new 486 PC with appropriate modem and software. I've
- >never seen an inexpensive machine that could run RSCS.
-
- That's because there isn't any. You haven't read what I said. Having RSCS
- on the 8086 is definitely out, but that does NOT mean that you can't use
- BITNET services from a PC. There are a lot of PC users who use TRICKLE to
- order PC software, and they don't run NJE on their PC. And this in spite
- of the fact that TRICKLE gets its software from anonymous FTP sites! Why
- do you think users go to the "pain" of ordering PC software via NJE and
- the downloading it when they have state-of-the-art Internet protocols
- right on their desktop and could FTP straight from the source?
-
- >I can't imagine anyone asking an end user to deal with that kind of
- >nonsense.
-
- Users aren't supposed to deal with routing tables, link definitions,
- BITEARN NODES updates, and the like. That's what you have system
- administrators for. You as a system administrators will not miss BITEARN
- NODES updates a bit when you migrate to TCP/IP, but I can tell you that I
- am not one bit sorry I haven't got to deal with cisco routing problems
- and BGP/IGRP interfacing. Really, what is your point? All networking
- systems come with boring tasks and network management problems. If you
- want my opinion (and I've been involved in both), NJE technology creates
- A LOT less problems than IP.
-
- Eric
-