Date   : Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:14:58 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Master Ethernet upgrade

Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:

> Who's spent years administering networks?

The definition of "kilobyte" depends on whether you are talking to an 
old-school hacker (like 32K in the BBC micro), or some marketing bod who 
wants to say the harddisc is 250Gb (instead of closer 230-odd).

A lot of trivial arguments can go on for ages in the tech sector over 
definitions of terms as we have pedantic clued-up guys versus sales 
people who pick terms based on how they sound and how they can be 
marketed over what is technically correct. Like the idea of calling it 
BEE so it can be packaged in a black and yellow stripy box... :-)

For my ?0,02's worth, I'd call it a "gateway". Why? It sounds cooler. A 
bridge just joins stuff. A gateway? Whole world of possibilities...


Best wishes,

Rick.

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