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Dan Melomedman wrote:
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>Jason R Thorpe wrote:
>> the decision will be based on its technical merits, after careful
>> consideration of the plusses and minuses of each scheme being considered.
>
>I thought PAM proponents' reasons were more of the "Because everybody
>else supports it, get with the program" and "Because I want to use 
>module blah", not exactly technical merits.

Compatibility with existing systems is a technical consideration.

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