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From: jxr@THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM (Jonathan Rosenberg)
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Subject: Re: the debate between Jon and Craig
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Date: 24 Aug 90 19:24:57 GMT
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Einar,

I think your latest post has hit the nail right on the head:

> As I read much of the recent MMM traffic, I cannot help but feel that we
> are mixing our time frames, and I feel caught in a time-warp.  On the
> one hand some are trying to discuss new broad concepts, while athers are
> saying "that can't be done right now" or "but how about all the PC folk
> who want to do somethign right now with what they have?"  

> We should not try to hold both discussions in the same "room".  So, lets
> try to find some way to segment this discussion into:  

> 1.  What to do now with what we have now; and

> 2.  Ignoring todays problems with what we have now, what can we
>    consider doing in the future?

Just to be clear, I would place myself firmly as being interested in 2.,
but I would reword it as:

 2.  Learning from todays problems with what we have now, what can we
   consider doing in the future?

Thanks for your insight, Einar.

JR