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From: dawyd@gargoyle.uchicago.edu (David Walton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Talking to people (Re: AppleShare of the 90's)
Keywords: accounting, communications
Message-ID: <587@gargoyle.uchicago.edu>
Date: 18 Jan 90 01:29:25 GMT
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Reply-To: dawyd@gargoyle.uchicago.edu.UUCP (David Walton)
Organization: U. Chicago Computer Science Dept.
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In article <1401@smurf.ira.uka.de> urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de (Matthias Urlichs) writes:
>In comp.sys.mac dawyd@gargoyle.uchicago.edu.UUCP (David Walton) writes:
>< [ what he'd like to see in AppleShare ]
>< 
>< * The ability to send messages to any or all users at any time,
><   instead of only when the server is about to shut down.
>< 
>Umm, AppleShare is for sharing files, not for "talk"ing to users.

I'm aware of that.  I'm not talking about using AppleShare as a
replacement for Broadcast, I'm talking about incorporating limited
Broadcast-like functions as a way of making server administration
easier.  I envision using such a feature to communicate with subgroups
of users at any time it might be necessary, rather than blitzing
everyone only when the server is about to be shut down.  As I said
before, AppleShare was apparently built under the assumption that all
users would be in the same office.  There are situations where that is
no longer true, and therefore communicating with those users is much
more difficult.  Communication facilities within AppleShare might ease
the difficulty in that situation.

Hope this makes my point a little bit clearer.  Evidently it wasn't
the first time around.-- 

David Walton		Internet: dwal@tank.UChicago.EDU
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