If you read my note you will find that I did not say that you need a clock
in the device.
Carl-Uno
> -----Original Message-----
> From: don@lexmark.com [mailto:don@lexmark.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 12:45 PM
> To: cmanros@cp10.es.xerox.com
> Cc: ipp@pwg.org
> Subject: RE: IPP> MOD - part of Issue 17 - don't
> neednegative"time-at-xxx" Job Attributes
>
>
> 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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