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Andrew> == Andrew Loewenstern <andrew@cubetech.com> 

 Andrew> While the solution I presented would be just fine for most
 Andrew> situations where the machines are not accessable from the
 Andrew> outside, it was certainly not to be interpreted as the
 Andrew> end-all-be-all solution.

(Not a flame.)
My primary concern was that someone would be tempted to use your
solution without thinking of the implications.  NeXT made a number of
configuration decisions that are best suited for an "off-net" machine,
but they also *documented* that they were bad ideas (and told you how to
fix them before going "on-net").

Yes, your solution is quite workable in many locations (hey, if I had a
machine at home without a modem, I might not bother getting a real cron
either).  It's not workable in the more and more common environment of
the Internet (remember, folks, SLIP works both ways!).
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