[11265] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: How Long to a Multimedia Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Glenn S. Tenney)
Sun Mar 27 18:06:04 1994
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 15:12:02 -0800
To: jim@tadpole.com (Jim Thompson), com-priv@psi.com, kwe@cerf.net
From: tenney@netcom.com (Glenn S. Tenney)
At 2:51 PM 3/26/94 +0600, Jim Thompson wrote:
>The protocol is fine for very narrow and long pipes. The data
>that folks put through it may not be, but the protocol is just fine,
>thanks.
Huh? How can you discuss a protocol without discussing it's intended use(s)?
On that same wavelength... The Xmodem protocol is fine for very narrow
and long pipes too, but I wouldn't want to use it for ftp and telnet and
www and mosaic-like applications...
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Glenn Tenney
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