Re: Next release of my Trust-Forum project
Keith Moore <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:58:16 -0500
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> But, aren't we discussing here about projects for the future, when > computers will run still more quickly and high bandwith connections > will be widespread ? actually, it seems to me that most computers are already quite fast enough to handle messaging, but there are also a lot more small, low-power, mobile devices which are not quite as fast in order to save power. as for bandwidth, high bandwidth connections are becoming more common, but low bandwidth connections are still common, as are busy wireless links with a low effective bandwidth. one way to look at this is that the variation in host capability, and in available bandwidth between hosts are both increasing. so a good future email system would tolerate wide variations in host capability and bandwidth. Keith