On Tue, 2020-06-09 at 01:16 -0600, @lbutlr wrote: > > On 08 Jun 2020, at 16:21, yuv <post...@sfina.com> wrote: > > > > Some of [the alternatives to internet email] will achieve scale as > > well. At some point, the cost/benefit analysis of maintaining > > internet email vs. using alternatives such as SMS will tilt > > obviously against email > > Sure it will. It hasn't happened yet, and I don't think it will > happen (SMS is garbage), but it is still irrelevant to the topic.
It may be irrelevant to the topic, but your statement characterizes the troll perfectly well. The admins working for the fine companies on the list at the URL below may be of a different opinion on relevance and on occurence of the cost/benefit tipping point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_network_operators Some of them may even opine that your internet email is garbage. I am personally agnostic regarding garbage... > > and that's where "most admins" will regret their narrow view. > > How do you figure? You think we run Mailservers because we are > emotionally invested in the idea of email as the ONE TRUE INFORMATION > EXCHANGE? Nope. We are mail admins because we and our users need > email. As soon as that is no longer the case I will gleefully switch > to the better thing. ... but I have zero tolerance for the arrogant attribution of your preconceived notions. My thoughts are far from your wishful dreaming. All things being equal, internet email is less interesting when it is less reliable and more spammy, both of which are direct consequences of your myopia. I care little whether my communication is carried by pigeons, by fax, or by internet email. The question is not "do you want to receive that email?" The question is "do you want your message delivered reliably according to protocol" and if email does not cut it, there are competing protocols that do. Here is one for you: https://siarchives.si.edu/history/featured-topics/postcard/postcard-history By the time "your" users will no longer need you, you may find that the competitive landscape has shifted under your feet. And they may gleefully leave you and your baggage behind. Abandonware. -- Yuval Levy, JD, MBA, CFA Ontario-licensed lawyer
