From: J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 18:09:16 PDT
To: anton@hydra.unm.edu (Stanton McCandlish)
Subject: Re: Software infrastructure
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According to Stanton McCandlish:
> 
> As for "is kermit good enough?"  No.  Almost NO ONE in the DOS world uses
> it any more, it is a total anachronism.  Of all the 400 or so users on my
> board, many from other parts of the country, even other countries, not
> ONE uses kermit (I have "What comm program do you use?" as one of the
> initial login questions).  The only practical use of Kermit is for
> computer newbies to use it to access the dialup lines at their school
> (UNM gives out free copies of it), but most such people soon switch to
> another program. 

Correction, many people on this list use kermit...  And of course, I should 
know! ;^)

I do suggest that people get a (better) different comm program, as kermit is
IMHO rather limited.

> Thing is Kermit is just plain old, and a pain in the butt.  When I
> started BBSing, the Kermit protocol was supported on most BBSs; today I
> cannot think of a single BBS around here that has it anymore (I'm the
> defacto city BBSlist maker, so I'd know :)

True on all points. ;^)

> Perhaps this area is atypical, and Kermit is all the rage elsewhere, but
> considering how BEHIND the times Albuquerque is, I tend to doubt it.
> 
Behind the times?  Hell, we just got Caller-ID.  Yipee!

> Freeware and shareware comm programs available from any BBS or FTP site
> will DUST Kermit, and I think it's a dead end.  All I can say, is any
> crypto package based on a hack of Kermit will go nowhere.  I know it's
> free and readily available, but well so's a kick in the ass.  >;)
> 
Agreed.

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