> But I think it is not unrealistic to expect the built-in gateways
> (plus a few extensions that will undoubtedly be released) will do
> the majority of what the majority of developers need. It will be
> a while before the average developer wants more then say IM, SMS,
> SNMP and maybe telnet and IRC. I can even see some demand for
> 'cool stuff' such as MUD gateways, but beyond that?
>
If you get IM and SMS, then SMTP, POP3, and IMAP will be asked for. If you
get Telnet people will want SSH. What about FTP, SFTP, and SCP? Those seem
useful. How many people will want NNTP? Let's not even talk about TCP, UDP,
or ICMP.

-Matt
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