Re: Telnet: Dead at 35 - Happy Birthday and RIP

[der Mouse <mouse () rodents montreal qc ca>]

> Kevin Poulsen on 27B Stroke 6:
> [snip]
> [Telnet has] gone virtually unused for years (geeks still use the
> client to debug TCP services, but only because it's there).

Hmm?  I can't help wondering what he thinks geeks would use if telnet
weren't there - or, apparently, now that it's not.  I certainly don't
know of anything else that comes with Windows that'd do.

I suspect I'm going to be saying "sorry, that's one of the prices you
pay for running Vista" with increasing frequency. :-)

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