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Re: [microsound] hotline server?
hi
On 6/13/05, Julian Knowles <julianknowles@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> thus I was counting up three
> separate software apps that you (and all other collaborators) would
> need to be running in order to have about a quarter of the
> functionality that you'd get in something like KDX or indeed Hotline.
> 1) FTP = FTP client, 2) IRC = IRC client, 3) Forum = Web browser.
the forum right now is the email list, so you can add an email client
to your list.
> It's not practical and its too clumsy. This is why people design
> collaborative environments.
there is another design philosophy that values modularity- which is
what you get with separate clients for ftp, irc, mail, and so on. this
way, if one of your clients stops working, you can still participate.
if KDX stops working, so do you.
also, by using the open protocols to transmit information [ftp, irc,
&c.], you allow users to use whatever clients they want. with a
monolithic client [like KDX or hotline], that choice is taken away
from the users.
so, it's also about free as in freedom [of choice] as opposed to free
as in beer [no cost]; although, there are many clients for the open
protocols that are available at no cost.
> Given the amount of labour involved, I
> don't think $30 is an unreasonable shareware fee. Having dinner out can
> cost you more....
yes, but you might get sex afterwards ...
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