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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: IAC (was Re: Clipboard (was Re: The Amiga's Future))
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Date: 8 Jun 91 15:05:50 GMT
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In article <1991Jun8.084126.3287@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:

>   Actually, networking on the Amiga in general is still very, very primitive.
>It is very rare to find Amigas used in a networking environement, while it
>is rare to find MACs not being used in a network.  If Amigas are being used
>in a network, they are probably running Amiga UNIX.  The networking 
>software for AmigaDOS has only been available from Commodore for less than
>two years, and is largely ignored (very few Amiga applications have 
>networking-related features).
>
	Marc, you've been mixing up two concepts for several
messages now. Just because few people use the thing (in this case
networking) doesn't mean it is primitive. In fact, Amiga
networking isn't close to very, very primitive. In fact, Amiga
networking follows all the standards, from the hardware with
Arcnet and Ethernet, to the software with Novell and TCP/IP and
X11. What more you want I haven't figured out.
	-- Ethan

Now the world has gone to bed,		Now I lay me down to sleep,
Darkness won't engulf my head,		Try to count electric sheep,
I can see by infrared,			Sweet dream wishes you can keep,
How I hate the night.			How I hate the night.   -- Marvin