[37894] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: EMAIL != FTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Howe)
Fri May 25 12:11:16 2001
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From: "David Howe" <DaveHowe@gmx.co.uk>
To: "Email List: nanog" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 16:32:01 +0100
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"Marko Karppinen" <marko.karppinen@magentasites.com>
> Sabri Berisha wrote:
> > Then he/she should learn. I don't buy a car if I can't drive. I'm sorry
> > for comparing internetworking with driving a car but I feel that FTP'ing
> > is a basic skill if you want to use the internet in a professional way
> > (and since most documents are being distributed for professional
reasons,
> > they should know).
> Another option is to pay someone to drive you around. If you look into it,
> you can see that an established market for electronic document exchange
> services already exists.
Hmm. The problem with this analogy is the extension "I know you can drive a
car; however, you really should learn to drive a truck as it is much more
efficient for large loads" which is of course true.......
