Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks

From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 05:10:43 +0000

In article <Ji81FWB.kazandar@delphi.com>,
kazandar  <kazandar@delphi.com> wrote:

>In addition, you can improve the efficiency simply by
>having the customer download a company-developed program where the player
>enters data and the computer transmits it in a set format to the destination.

I'd recommend that any company which does this still allow folks
without the program to submit turns. Although PC-Clones have taken
over the world, it doesn't pay to exclude any of your potential
customers, unless you have something which you just can't do without
the helper-program.

>A final word:  the U.S. Postal Service has about a half-dozen pieces of my
>mail in the last year, including about three turns from GSI (and a rent
>check).  Internet hasn't failed me once.

Moreover, well-designed game/mail interfaces (like, say, Olympia) ack
your mail as soon as they receive it, so you generally *know* if it
was received or not. They also provide an easy mechanism for getting a
copy of the last turn's results. I've actually never had a turn or
results lost, but it's nice to know that if I did, I would know about
it and could recover without needing to phone anyone.

Now if only Olympia did a full syntax check, and not just verbs.

References

MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
swater@esd.sgi.com (Adam Waters)
Wed, 16 Nov 1994 16:59:06 +0000
Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
v313mdm8@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (ROCHELLE NEWMAN)
Sat, 19 Nov 1994 21:45:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
adam@utic.unicomp.net (Adam Adkins)
Sun, 20 Nov 1994 03:24:53 +0000
Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
kazandar <kazandar@delphi.com>
Mon, 21 Nov 1994 07:42:49 +0000