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Joerg
- Jan 1, 1970
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Lostgallifreyan said:I just woke up so I won't try to find a site to prove a point, but I can
say that unless you're hankering after a lost age of terminals and
mainframes, that view is hard to justify. Some tasks are best done client
side, it's as simple as that. It spares load on the system. That this tool
IS horribly abused isn't in doubt, but would you ban all sharp edges
because some people use those to attack other people?
I fail to see a reason for any of that "modern" fluff with a company
that sells simple stamped metal parts. What for?
BTW, the old terminal often was the best. In the early 90's I used to
find all my long-haul flights on fully ASCII-based Sabre. Even faster
than Southwest which I'd consider one of the most efficient these days.
Also, this was over 9600bps dial-up. Since credit card transactions
weren't possible yet I then still had to call the airlines but the
booking took only minutes because I called with all the data at hand.
Then they fluffified that site and it was sold. Gone is that efficiency,
for good :-(