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Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???



On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 08:45:09PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
>     The technology is there to send large files easily.  Embed a URL into an
> email message and most email clients will automatically launch either the FTP
> client to get the file, or the browser which has FTP capabilities to get the
> file.  
> 
>     This is the proper thing to do since it then lets the other end decide
> not only *IF* they want the file, but *when* then want the file.  

If the sending user is on a dialup connection, how on earth can this work?
Think about it.



Hamish
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