Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 15:13:12 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: option MROUTING Message-ID: <199806232113.PAA26955@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <7081.898634869@time.cdrom.com> References: <199806232038.NAA23308@rah.star-gate.com> <7081.898634869@time.cdrom.com>
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> I still don't see how an MBONE capable PC, suitably dumbed-down or > not, is going to solve the user's basic MBONE connectivity issues ... The MBONE is and will continue to be a 'hacker only' technology that few people can participate with. If you want something for the masses, you need to rethink things and come up with a new solution. > arguing what color the > telephone in your mountain cabin should be despite the fact that > you're not going to see an actual phone line run all the way up there > anytime in the forseeable future. :-) I agree totally. Following the analogy, what's needed is a new technology, not the same technology. If you want phone service in your mountain cabin, you need something completely different like satellite cellular. The existing solution is simply not valid for the masses. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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