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Re: [OM] AOL AND HTML

Subject: Re: [OM] AOL AND HTML
From: frieder.faig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 15:23:47 +0100
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 05:51:03PM -0800, George Conklin wrote:
> AOL is not very on top of their latest blunder, however 25 million 
> customers can't be wrong...??

Well, I think in a world where marketing rules, everything is possible  :-(.
But you can`t blame all the people, in our complex world you can`t
demand from everyone to make himself an internet expert...

> 
> The suggested solution of setting a listserv to allow html can easily 
> double the size of an online archive or data base... (increasing storage 
> charges, slowing down searching and generally cluttering the Internet)

I`m a fan of: "keep it small and simple" (isn`t this als part of the OM 
fascination?).
I can`t see a reason to use html for mail.

regards,
Frieder Faig

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