From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 23 14:14:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA08075 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:14:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA08057 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:13:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA04834; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 15:13:14 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA26955; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 15:13:12 -0600 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 15:13:12 -0600 Message-Id: <199806232113.PAA26955@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Amancio Hasty , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: option MROUTING In-Reply-To: <7081.898634869@time.cdrom.com> References: <199806232038.NAA23308@rah.star-gate.com> <7081.898634869@time.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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