On (22 Jul 02) mark lewis wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello mark,


 FV> Ah ha! I think I see what you mean. The new style list
 FV> would have two or three lines for each Node. The first
 FV> line would always be the "basic" Node information. The
 FV> next line(s) would depend on the type of connection
 FV> capabilities and be designated by either the POTS or IP
 FV> flag, or both, as needed?  If I got this thought my
 FV> thick head right?

 ml> hummm... that's sounding like my 2nd proposal...

Yes. Once it soaked through my thick head, it makes sense. :-)

 FV> I was thinking that the *Cs would be the ones running
 FV> the conversion program to generate the old style list
 FV> for distribution along with the new list... IE:
 ml> no need for the *Cs to be involved in the conversion process at all...
 ml> only those with machines incapable of executing the conversion
 ml> software would need _someone_ to convert the new list to the old list
 ml> for them...

True. However, the *Cs will most likely be the ones doing this job. I
don't see a lot of individual Nodes running software to convert the
new format to the old one. In such an case, if the *Cs don't do the
conversion and distribute the old style list, I see a lot of Nodes
packing up and saying "Forget this. I'm not messing with some other
software just to make you {at}#$s happy!".

:-(


Regards,

 Frank

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