matt@cds1 (Mathew Di Nicola) (06/06/90)
On the subject of standardized addresses, in the June 26, 1990 issue of PC Magazine, John Dvorak spent his column talking about the need for standardized addresses. I haven't had a chance to read it yet (just scan it), but it seemed pretty basic. None the less, this topic is certainly getting good press. Lots of people read PC Magazine. And you have to start somewhere. ---Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mathew Di Nicola Sacramento, CA, USA Internet: matt@cds1.UUCP UUCP= sactoh0!cds1!matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
dean@truevision.com (Dean Riddlebarger) (06/07/90)
In article <mLgBk2w162w@cds1> matt@cds1 (Mathew Di Nicola) writes: >On the subject of standardized addresses, in the June 26, 1990 issue of PC >Magazine, John Dvorak spent his column talking about the need for >standardized addresses. I haven't had a chance to read it yet (just scan >it), but it seemed pretty basic. None the less, this topic is certainly >getting good press. Lots of people read PC Magazine. And you have to >start somewhere. > >Mathew Di Nicola Sacramento, CA, USA >Internet: matt@cds1.UUCP UUCP= sactoh0!cds1!matt I agree that the Dvorak column will possibly help to increase awareness of internet mail, but I do wish that he'd taken a bit more positive attitude in the overall text. He notes the current proliferation of potentially incompatible mail systems, mentions the attempts to move towards domain-based addressing schemes, and then bemoans the fact that little has been done to make the mail interface a seamless part of a user's general computing environment. But if you've lived with the various mailers available out here, you know that between their overall functionality and the potential for more uniformity inherent in domain addressing, what's really missing right now is the better user interface on any given platform. The pieces are falling into place at the network level; we just need to push administrators, programmers, hackers, etc. to bring it all together for the average end-user. Of course, I'm sure that lots of net.people don't share my rosy optimism about the state of existing tools. Still, I wish that Mr. Dvorak had emphasized this point just a bit more in his article....... [Unrelated point about Mr. D- Love him or hate him, his columns usually serve their purpose.....to stir folks up and make 'em think.] -- <:> Dean Riddlebarger "The bus came by <:> <:> MIS Manager - Truevision, Inc. and I got on, <:> <:> [317] 841-0332 That's when it <:> <:> uucp: uunet!epicb!dean dean@truevision.com all began." <:>