At 11:47 AM 1/4/95 PST, [log in to unmask] wrote: > >VT has two advantages over Telnet. <snip> Frank, You argue about Telnet -vs- VT within the context of technical merits -- which is ok, but how about throwing weight on the side of telnet for what it is -- an open spec; if you want to talk to anyone else within the world, you do telnet. I see telnet more as "what you can do with it" rather than "is it better?" As for VT technology better than Telnet standards: Hey, I bought a beta video machine because the technology WAS better! I reasoned that better technology would dominate! Ha! was I wrong. Only clout (being first) and marketing presence prevail when two products do not have large advantages between each other. The same is true between VT and Telnet. Sad, but true. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric J. Schubert Administrative Information Services Senior Data Base Analyst University of Notre Dame, IN USA