> History is replete with examples of 'insolvable' problems that have been
> solved once it was determined that the solution was desirable and necessary.
I suppose, but computing is also full of ideas that keep being reinvented,
then the reinventors rediscover why they're bad ideas.
There's been no shortage of e-postage proposals in the past. Anyone who
was serious about it would, I hope, start with at least a cursory search
of the on-line literature to understand what the previous ones involved,
and why none of them ever went anywhere.
Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Sewer Commissioner
"I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.
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