-=> Henri Derksen wrote to Michael Trip <=-

 HD> I donot understand the wide use of BlueWave,
 HD> as Pointing is much smarter and more secure,
 HD> and less costing phonecalls,
 HD> as it is compressed mail using less transfer time.
 HD> RISC OS users can get !WimpLink here as a Point package.
 HD> Good Luck in Pointing.

Well, for many of us, phonecalls are a non issue, it's all about the data.  I
use offline mail in preference to pointing, because I frequently switch devices
- over the past few days, I've read BBS mail on this PC, a Windows netbook, and
an Android phone running Telix and Bluewave under DOSBox.

Had I used points, I would have had a real major issue with keeping track of
last read pointers, but using offline mail, the BBS looks after that, and I can
freely switch devices as needed, providing I remember to upload replies from
each device.

So, why to I switch devices so frequently?  Simply, because I use the one
that's most efficient for the time.  Points don't give me the same flexibility.
 I would have to choose a device to run a point on, then take that with me. 
Fine for the 1990s (when I only read mail at home) and 2000s (when I carried a
laptop everywhere I went), but today, there's too many devices and each fits a
different niche.


... Hard work has a future payoff.  Laziness pays off now.
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