--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Jan Coffey wrote:
>
> >
> > --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > >I was not
> > > > referencing anything we don't already know ~how~ to do, just stuff we
> > > aren't
> > > > doing that we do know how to do, or worse, have done.
> > > As far as distributed concurrent networks go, I know some applications
> > > where it is being employed because the applications are very
> > > straightforward. But, like AI, the ease of use for many problems has
> been
> > > greatly overstated.
> >
> > No Dan, it isn't being used. It is not anything at all like AI. The
> > probelms have not even been stated. Why? becouse we've built these
> > things. They exist, they just are not being used becouse no one will
> > fund anything that is not http over port 80. And that is a bottle neck
> > which keeps such architectures from working. Why won't they fund
> > something that is not http over port 80?
>
> Huh? Nothing butt http over port 80? What are you talking about? I'm
> using port 22 right this second, on a system owned by a friend who knows
> what the heck he's doing with it.
Most companies have blocked all other ports, they will not buy software that
functions via TCPIP other than HTTP over port 80.
=====
_________________________________________________
Jan William Coffey
_________________________________________________
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
_______________________________________________
http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
