Classic Comp UUCP network.

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Sat Feb 9 16:23:57 2002

> On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Lawrence LeMay wrote:
>
> > UUCP is primarily a 'local' setup, ie, between computers within your
> > non-long-distance telephone network. Sure, there were exceptions, but
> > it all comes down to who is going to pay the long distance telephone
> > charges.
> >
> > [...]
>
> The points you make are valid, but what I think at least some of us are
> proposing is that no long-distance be used, unless somebody really wants
> to do that. Given the pervasiveness of ISP services, most people would
> be able to connect to the proposed network using UUCP over a TCP/IP
> connection to a local ISP number. Access to the internet is no longer
> the great obstacle it was in the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.

UUCP is a slow protocol. To gain the UUCP experience is to send a message
and hope that it gets delivered today, or at least the next night. And
maybe to get a warning email after 3-4 days if your message is stuck at
some relay point.

I just dont see a UUCP system implemented on a high speed, always available
network line the Internet, as accurately simulating it at all. Its like
painting a modern car to look like a Model T ford, you can drive it all
you like, you're not going to gain the experience of using a real
Model T ford.

-Lawrence LeMay
Received on Sat Feb 09 2002 - 16:23:57 GMT