Wait, so you're denying that any technology other than TCP/IP exists?
Don't forget the telephone, radio, television, megapohne, simple speech,
or semaphores. But I think the original point of this discussion was to
look at Internet technologies that may allow people to communicate more
effectively or more easily than mailing lists do.
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Ken Gourlay
Chain Communications
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On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, J. R. Molloy wrote:
> >Yes, J. R., there are other technologies besides mailing lists.
> >
> >web pages
> >web-based discussion boards
> >search databases
> >FAQ sheets
> >FTP sites
> >chat rooms
>
> So a ball peen hammer, a rubber mallet, a gavel, a maul, and a sledge hammer
> represent five different technologies? I don't think so. You've mentioned
> but a single technology here: digital transmission using TCP/IP. The rest
> comprises variations on a theme. --J. R.
