begin quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] as of Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 03:57:47PM -0800: > On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 03:40:37PM -0800, Gus Wirth wrote: > > This is total crap. If you need a persistent connection then don't use > > HTTP. It's that simple. Use telnet or ssh. Why are you trying to invent > > something that poorly implements something else that already exists? > > Because not everyone is a Gus Wirth. Imagine all those OLPC kids turning onto > the web for the first time. We want to offer them services even if they > don't want to become a sysadmin.
If you're going to have 'em run untrusted programs as a way of life, why not just have 'em download actual application programs? -- Nothing does everything well. This includes the web. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
