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Re: [hybi] BEEP

Rob Sayre <rsayre@mozilla.com> Tue, 14 April 2009 00:36 UTC

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On 4/13/09 8:30 PM, Greg Wilkins wrote:
> I think BEEP suffers from the same problem that all alternative protocols
> suffer from: firewalls, gateways and browsers don't let them through.

Maybe protocols are considered "alternative" because they suck for some 
reason. Some of these alternative protocols might even be an 
improvement, but not enough of one to justify making all of the changes 
necessary to enable them.

- Rob

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