punkly current events

Major Variola (ret) mv at cdc.gov
Sat Dec 11 06:39:13 PST 2004


At 01:19 PM 12/10/04 -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote:
>I disagree.  Except for the early days, spammers have been little more
>than a low volume nuisance on Mix.  What killed mix was it's complexity
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>Joe Blow can't figure out how to use it, and new reops have a hell of a

>time getting a node running (with pingers and other required tools).
>
>Take away complexity, and Mix *could* flourish - in spite of the fedz.

I agree, with the additional constraint that mix functionality piggyback

with a more popular feature.  Most folks won't install even the most
benign, easy to use mixer; but include a mix server in a jazzy
IM or next-gen napster program, and you get deployed.





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