Re: Requirements for reliable message delivery

"Marshall T. Rose" wrote:
> 
> > Exactly. We can all agree on this. So given that fact, and the fact that
> > people do want to reliably transfer hypertext across unreliable,
> > non-transparent and intermittently connected networks, what should we do?
> 
> err, isn't limiting your goals to hypertext a bit like the tail wagging the
> dog?

Yes. I was making a point about the HTTP acronym, but you are of course
correct. (Nevertheless a lot of people do want to transfer lumps of *ML
in practice.)

  Brian