Neil Croft wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
 NC>> Do what I'm doing. Go to 16meg Token ring. =o)
 MB> I really hope that was a joke...
 NC> Why? It's a far better system than Ethernet.
It's also far more expensive.  It's very hard to make a business case for it.
 NC>> Anyone care to work out the theoretical and practical 
 NC>> improvements in performance of 16meg Token Ring over 10base2 
 NC>> Ethernet?
 MB> Only until the bills arrive.
 NC> Total cost to me. Zilch. Nada. Nowt. Nothing. =o)
Well, that's an unusual case, then.
 NC> All redundant equipment following work's move to ethernet.
 NC> True if I had to buy it it would be V. Expensive.
That's all I was saying.  The fellow you to whom you wrote may not have 
realized this rather critical bit of information.
 
-- Mike
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