Usenet NEWS vs. Bittorrent

[Jon Pruente]

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 6:37 AM, Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Amiga technology made really great computers, but IBM
>> > PC technology ended up working better for me.  I can
>> > admire Amiga without desiring that it return and
>> > replace something I really do want.
>>
>> Okay, let's use your analogy.  What you're asking
>> for is like asking Time Warner Cable to _support Amigas_.
>
> Considering, to extend your analogy, that TWC had been "supporting Amigas" right up until a few days ago, this analogy is somewhat silly given what you were trying to say with it.


I should point out that Amigas had TCP/IP stacks even back in the
mid-90's when I first got started on the Internet.  They still work
with TWC, they just don't want to tell anyone they support them.  TWC
doesn't have to give explicit support for a system for it to work just
fine. ;)

Jon.