[3023] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Mailing lists identification
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Garrigues)
Sat Sep 21 15:46:06 1996
To: hallam@vesuvius.ai.mit.edu
Cc: Chris Garrigues <cwg@DeepEddy.Com>,
Joris van Boven <Joris.van.Boven@best.ms.philips.com>,
www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu, cwg@deepeddy.DeepEddy.Com,
cwg@deepeddy.DeepEddy.Com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 21 Sep 1996 12:43:07 EDT."
<9609211643.AA15808@vesuvius.ai.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 12:42:41 -0500
From: Chris Garrigues <cwg@DeepEddy.Com>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
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> "Using a web browser to read mail is like using a screwdriver as a chisel"
>
> NO! The Web was designed to be an all encompassing system. Binding mail into
> the Web was meant to mean that you could create web pages that allowed
> access to your mail via URIs
Okay, try this analogy instead:
"Using a web browser to read mail is like using a swiss
army knife as a screwdriver."
My swiss army knife has screwdriver blades, but my real screwdrivers are work
*much* better. I use the knife only as a last resort. (and I specifically
did not get the version with a saw blade.)
Chris
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Chris Garrigues O- cwg@DeepEddy.Com
Deep Eddy Internet Consulting +1 512 432 4046
609 Deep Eddy Avenue
Austin, TX 78703-4513 http://www.DeepEddy.Com/~cwg/
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