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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: IAC (was Re: Clipboard (was Re: The Amiga's Future))
Message-ID: <1991Jun9.185504.4631@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 9 Jun 91 18:55:04 GMT
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jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes:

>Quoted from <1991Jun9.005806.18799@news.iastate.edu> by taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett):
>> it.  The Amiga has all of the technical stuff to support networks, yes,
>> but no actual applications geared toward networking.

>    Isn't the meat and potatoes of networking access to files on other
>    machines?

  Only in the first generation of networking.  The current generation
is to use the network for collaborative work.  Products in this
category include Lotus Notes, Meeting Maker, WordPerfect Office,
Markup, etc.

>    Where I work, the network is used as a means of having lots of
>    people access the same files. There are no applications with extras
>    specifically for networking, except email (which does exist on the
>    Ami).

  That's a pity.  Applications with extras specifically for networking
are incredibly powerful.

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