Re: Ill-effects of a posting greater than 64k

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From: Randy Bush
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 15:13

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mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes:

> It causes UUCP systems using slow modems on noisy lines to waste ...
           ^ broken

> It causes people with dumbish newsreaders 

So get smart pagers.

> It causes some gateways (to other networks such as Fidonet) to fall over
                ^ broken

If one limited the world to the lowest common denominator of broken tools,
we would still be using stone wheels.

Fix the broken software.  Adhere to and enforce standards.

randy
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randy@psg.com   ...!uunet!m2xenix!randy

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From: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Subject: Re: Ill-effects of a posting greater than 64k
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