On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 09:38 -0700, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
What this says to me is that even though the central IT dept
at Cambridge is not going to support Sender ID, the same is not necessarily
true of the colleges. The more progressive colleges
such as Porterhouse can choose to issue SenderID records for
their domains even if central IT services do not.
:)
The ancient universities have barely come to terms with the
consequences of the industrial revolution. If we consider
the suitability of specifications on the basis of their
ability to deploy we are not going to get very far.
I don't think an ad hominem attack is really an appropriate response to
a concise and technical report such as the one to which you were
responding¹.
Especially in this particular case -- are we to assume that you've never
heard the term 'Silicon Fen', and you have little knowledge of the
history of computer science? Perhaps you've never even heard of Alan
Turing?
Maybe a quote from Microsoft's web site might help...
"The city of Cambridge, England, was the clear choice for the location
of the facilities because of its world-renowned reputation and its rich
history as a center of learning. Cambridge has been the origin of
fundamental advances in nuclear physics, molecular biology and computer
science. Furthermore, Cambridge has become a center for technological
excellence in recent years. More than 300 companies and commercial
laboratories specializing in computing and advanced technology are
concentrated in the Cambridge area."
The reasons which were presented for non-deployment of Sender-ID within
Cambridge were quite clearly applicable to many other sites -- my own
inconsequential domains included. This is not an example of Luddism from
a entity which has 'barely come to terms with the consequences of the
industrial revolution' and I find it astonishing that you are willing to
say such a thing in an email which bears your employer's name.
--
dwmw2
¹ Although your mail client doesn't make it very clear which mail you
were replying to, as it ignores the recommendations of RFC2822. Please
use a non-broken mail client if you wish to participate in public fora.