Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Networks considered harmful Message-ID: <7418@ficc.uu.net> Date: 26 Dec 89 15:37:38 GMT References: <22979.630044353@cheetah.nyser.net> <8912230541.AA07763@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 12 In article <8912230541.AA07763@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> haverty@BBN.COM (Jack Haverty) writes: > Assuming my experience is not a fluke, I think it's a fluke. Using the Mac you could have had the same problem taking the data down the hall, or over a LAN. Why? Because the Mac has never produced any strong file-format standards. I don't know why, what with Apple pushing for standards everywhere else in the machine. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com