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- From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver)
- Subject: Re: Another Application
- Message-ID: <pspmams@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <318@usdoof.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:53:57 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <318@usdoof.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>, uucp@usdoof.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (uucp administrative login) writes:
- > ...
- > The service user prepares an exploratory wave, sends it (via TCP/IP) to
- > the local wave launching point, lets it loose into the hotel spanning net.
- > The wave collects data back to the launching point, where it is transferred
- > back to the agent.
- >
- > Some few minutes later come back a series of digital brochures from a
- > desktop in each hotel in the region.
- >
- > No hassle, no muss, no management, no extra layers.
-
-
- As I asked last time,, if you leave out those hassles, musses, management
- and layers,
- 1. how do you ensure that all of the hotels receive the query,
- 2. how do you ensure that all of the answers get back, and
- 3. how do you ensure that you do not crash the network by asking
- something that causes every hotel in the world to answer?
-
- Every time your system fails (1) or (2), some of the hotels will
- sue you. (And sometimes even if your system works but travel agents
- decide to consistently not use some dives.)
-
- Every time your system fails (3), all of the hotels, all of the travel
- agents, and some of the customers will sue you.
-
-
- Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com
-