In message <3F788B77.CDC51554@greendragon.com>, William Allen Simpson writes:
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>Harumph.  Faster systems are for production, slower leftovers are for 
>development!  (you're right, there is a lot of bloat.)
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Back in the mists of time, I worked in a place where (of necessity) the 
local staff could have had far better access than the users -- 
coax-connected IBM 3270s vs. 1200 bps dialups or 9600 bps serial via 
remote muxes.  Management instituted a rule that the developers were 
not allowed to use anything better than 9600 bps serial terminals, just 
to make sure that what they built was useable in that environment.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb