IPP Mail Archive: RE: IPP> MOD - part of Issue 17 - don't neednegative"time-at-xxx"

RE: IPP> MOD - part of Issue 17 - don't neednegative"time-at-xxx"

don@lexmark.com
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 15:44:30 -0400

Carl-Uno Manros said:

"My personal conviction is that ALL Internet attached devices will need to have
a way to indicate time in the foreseeable future."

Well, I certainly and completely disagree that this means every device has a
clock. What a complete waste of money, time and effort for millions of devices
interconnected to a global or perhaps universal network all carrying around
their own little time piece, no two of which agree. A central source of date
and time correct and compensated for networking delays, etc. is clearly the
correct solution to this problem.

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