Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.tcp-ip:9775 comp.mail.misc:2802 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Networks considered harmful Message-ID: Date: 2 Jan 90 14:18:04 GMT References: <8912251753.AA25082@venera.isi.edu> <[A.ISI.EDU]31-Dec-89.18:36:10.CERF> <7161@drilex.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Followup-To: comp.mail.misc Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 14 In article <7161@drilex.UUCP> dricejb@drilex.UUCP (Craig Jackson drilex1) writes: > There's one other point about this Email vs FAX discussion which I haven't > seen mentioned: > You don't have to have a FAX machine on your desk to send or receive a FAX. You don't have to have a modem on your desk to send or receive Email. You probably have a terminal on your desk (or near it) anyway. If you don't, then there's an advantage FAX has over Email. But lots of people do. Remember all those ads for FAX boards... "We don't see much of Joe any more". This discussion has little to do with TCP/IP any more. Followups directed to comp.mail.misc. -- `-_-' 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