[49074] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Bet on with my boss
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James)
Fri Jun 21 16:50:15 2002
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:50:55 -0400
From: James <james@james-web.net>
In-reply-to: <08d401c21963$e5981040$9d876540@amer.cisco.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
IM/IRC/email also has the ability to copy/paste text, so it's a lot
easier than trying to tell someone something complex over the phone
(command to type in, circuit ID, TT# or such).
- James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On
> Behalf Of Stephen Sprunk
> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 4:38 PM
> To: Pawlukiewicz Jane; nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Bet on with my boss
>
>
>
> Thus spake "Pawlukiewicz Jane" <pawlukiewicz_jane@bah.com>
> > How important is the phone to you? I mean, given some
> situation that
> > arises, can we solve it without the phones?
> >
> > Just curious.
>
> The problem is typically locating the person you need to
> communicate with, not the medium.
>
> Telephone has the advantage of speed, and IM/IRC has the
> advantage of easy multitasking. Probably a draw in many situations.
>
> S
>
