Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555) wrote to Steven Horn at 15:43 on 17 Dec 2002:

 MvdV> It is being promoted by those that believe GUI to be an asset. I
 MvdV> am not one of them as I have mixed feelings about GUI's. That's
 MvdV> what I liked about OS/2. It could be run in text mode. Have the
 MvdV> benefits of full 32 bit processing without the overhead of the
 MvdV> graphic shell. ;-)

But you can run a "DOS box" in Windows as easily.  How do you
think I get timEd to work?

 MvdV> Neither do I, but I think too much graphics distract rather than
 MvdV> add to content.

We haven't seen very much yet.  I rather liked the SemPoint display but it
had other problems. 

 MvdV> ADSL is not an /alternative/ to a dial up line. It is an addition
 MvdV> to it and whatever way you put it, sets you back a minimum of
 MvdV> another EUR 30,- a month. Not counting the initial investment.

My ADSL connection is EURO 37.64 per month and involves no other charges. 
Installation was free and the NIC I needed came with my computer.  If I
lived "down south", I could get cheaper prices -- EURO 15.67 for
a "dumbed down" service and EURO 28.22 for a 1MB down/ 300 KB up
connection.  There's also competition down there so I could do some
shopping.

 SH> I think you over-estimate its life span.

 MvdV> Wanne bet?

I think you'll see POTS around a long time for voice use but not for data.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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