Curious George wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 12:24:24 -0500, David Maynard <nospam@private.net>
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>Yes, lots of ways to gain a hundred fold more than keeping a useless
>>protocol and it's attendant burdens.
>
>
> Don't let 'em suck you in. He thinks having the last word = being
> right and he'll spend the next 3 week trying to wear you out.

Kony and I get into debates from time to time and I have no problem with that.


>>You've locked onto what you perceive as a 'benefit' but it is so limited,
>>and of such little value to so few people, that it's like spending a
>>hundred bucks to buy a penny. You can argue all day long about the 'value'
>>of a penny, and "a penny saved is a penny earned," or whatever but it still
>>isn't worth the hundred bucks.
>
>
> That's just where he's coming from and he'll repeat it until your blue
> in the face. He thinks a single transfer between two computers
> somehow translates to "network" behaviour generally and regardless of
> scale & management, etc. Hey WINS is also is a typical component of
> these NETBIOS, NETBUI setups. Even more spending a dollar to save a
> penny

Well, let's not get too carried away here. What you described is akin to
the point I'm making about the the over all value/cost of Netbeui, or lack
of it, but Kony hasn't argued that part. He's stuck to the argument it's of
'value' under certain circumstances, not 'universally'.

What I find illogical is his apparent conviction that this limited 'value',
if such exists, justifies the cost of continuing support; hence my penny
for a 100 bucks analogy.