ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) (12/15/89)
In a private and quite probably definitely non-redistributable message to the undersigned, <xy@z.domain> (Name Witheld To Protect The Innocent) writes re: the state of the telepax transmission protocol project: > Well you see, brilliant breakthrough though it was, it really > didn't help US a lot; we're in R&D you see - and marketing use it to > communicate specifications to us (and still continue to do so). The > trouble is that it isn't immediately error-checked - and indeed the > receiver doesn't even get a conclusive carrier-detect. Thus, a typical > transaction log goes something like this........ > > % pathnet software-group > Connected to software-group > Thinking...... > software-group> "I think what marketing probably want is xyz" > software-group> Implementing xyz. Will take 3 months. > software-group> send xyz to marketing > marketing> packet error!. did not request xyz! retry! Well, clearly one can see there's them brains at work here... watch this space for forthcoming progress reports from the field. --Ian Feldman / ianf@nada.kth.se || uunet!nada.kth.se!ianf / "Bytes, bytes, bytes, bytes..." Shakespeare recompiled