9 Mar
2023
9 Mar
'23
3:06 a.m.
On 3/8/23 20:42, Johnny Billquist wrote:
While I can of course add such a flag, at the moment I'm not really
getting why.
Are we just trying to make some kind of distinction between an embedded
system and some generic user environment?
Hey, I'm not the one who wanted to not have them in the database! ;)
Personally, I think a node database should be exactly that, a node
database. If it has a DECnet address, it should be in the node database.
We're very good at splitting hairs here. ;)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
They're DECnet nodes, but they aren't
"computers". You can't do
anything
with them except route messages. Can't log in, edit files, compile
programs, play Adventure or Star Trek, nothing :)
We have different goals - I'm not counting nodes, I'm counting
general
purpose computing hardware.
It really seems a flag is needed. The node database can enumerate
computing hardware, which is of value, but it can also enumerate all
nodes, whatever their purpose or capabilities.