[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <ZuWNTmjvaaAK at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
	koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
> In article <7qjh2nFhiqU8 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>> 
>> What's your point?  Were you expecting a server on the desktop?
>> Of course, the same is true of any of the other email systems.
> 
>    No, it's not.  All my VMS, UNIX, and Linux systems will serve
>    mail without any additional cost.  (I choose to buy Multinet because
>    it's a superior product, but the UCX license comes with.)

When you install server software on them.  I can install sendmail on
a PC, too.  But I know better.  Windows actually used to install lots
of server apps on desktops.  And people complained about the insecurity.
Now we have people complaining because they stopped doing it.  MS can't
win no matter what they do, but then, that's the nature of religious
beliefs wether they are for or against something.

bill
 

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