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From: time@tbomb.ice.com (Tim Endres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Kermit tool for CTB
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Date: 10 Dec 90 21:54:46 GMT
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In article <90342.121118APPLEREP@MTUS5.BITNET>, APPLEREP@MTUS5.BITNET writes:
> Will this be the price that end users are going to be paying for these CTB
> tools?  If this is the trend, a full-featured CTB telecomm program will
> be darn expensive.....
> 
> (Please correct me if I am wrong)

The trend here, by those I have talked with, is to rely heavily on
Apple's tools, and to bundle your own tools into any product developed.
This should settle into a groups of entities writing tools and selling
them to those who sell you your software. This way, the large upfront
purchase will lower the end cost of these tools to you. Unfortunately,
for some time, what you want will prove somewhat expensive.

Also, the reduced development effort should allow vendors to sell cheaper
telecommunications programs, or spend the traditional development
time for XMODEM and ZMODEM etc in other enhancements that you might
otherwise not see.

In theory, money-wise, it should be a wash, and there should be much
more flexibility and variety in communications. Lets hope it works
out this way!

tim.

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