[11191] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Options (was Re: What is an "Internet reseller"?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Nordlund)
Thu Mar 24 16:47:45 1994
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 12:41:28 CST-600
From: Dave Nordlund <NORDLUND@ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu>
To: bmanning@is.rice.edu (William Manning), com-priv@psi.com
> From: bmanning@is.rice.edu (William Manning)
> Subject: Re: Options (was Re: What is an "Internet reseller"?)
> To: NORDLUND@UKANVM.CC.UKANS.EDU (Dave Nordlund)
> Date sent: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 06:06:35 -0600 (CST)
> Copies to: com-priv@psi.com
>
> Ahh. What is missing (IMHO) is the difference is support expectation.
> A shell account has a lower pain threshold wrt endstation configuration
> than a SLIP or PPP link. This may or may not be offset by the pain
> threshold of localized application support.
> (gopher was a poor choice. CuSeeMe or Mosaic are better choices for
> IP @the desktop.)
>
OK
How about me running an Xserver to your Shell and then doing Mosaic from
your Unix box? Maybe it will work better if I use the new X-Window II R6
(Ref Open Systems Today March 7) that has the compression for a serial
link.
> --
> Regards,
> Bill Manning
>
Dave Nordlund nordlund@ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu
University of Kansas 913/864-0450
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