At 9:58 PM -0800 2/4/99, J. R. Molloy wrote:
>>effort into making really good hammers. But we're just now doing the
>>same for screwdrivers and table saws, so we tend to use the hammer
>>for everything, even if other technologies make more sense.
>
> "other technologies"? Name three.
Web-based discussion forums.
Real-time chat. Whether web based or whatever.
Streaming audio.
Streaming video.
That's off the top of my head. Some of these, like web forums, are
now maturing. Some, like the streaming technologies, are just
starting to be looked at seriously.
I could probably toss a few more in there if I stopped to think about
it for a while, but what the heck.
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