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Re: But I emailed it yesterday :-)
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 12:34:44 +0900
Posted-Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 20:14:39 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 Jun 95 17:14:23 PDT From: ari () es net (Ari Ollikainen) To: farber () central cis upenn edu Subject: Re: But I emailed it yesterday :-)
"Although the Internet is growing exponentially, the number of people able to run it properly is growing only linearly," explains Tony Rutkowski, executive director of the Internet Society.
Humph! ... E-mail MTA's can be more complicated than providing network connectivity. Solving the e-mail muddle requires brains and s/w development habits instead of sloppy thinking. And it's *not* fun...
Forbes' final thought? "If it absolutely, positively has to get there, send it by overnight mail." (Forbes 6/5/95 p.162)
Apparently Forbes hasn't heard of FAX-machines... Curmudgeonly, Ari () ES net _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ Ari Ollikainen {VOX: 510 423-5962} _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Energy Sciences Network {FAX: 510 423-8744} _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ National Energy Research Supercomputer Center _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ MailStop L-561, PO BOX 5509, Livermore, CA. 94551 ~~RECOM Technologies Inc.~~
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