I/O as a Frontier capability?

[Dave Winer]

Ken, your students have to run *some* outlining software to be able to read
outlines. Putting the capability into Frontier wouldn't put an outliner on
their desktop. Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Tompkins" <ken@loki.stockton.edu>
To: <radio-outline@userland.com>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 3:23 AM
Subject: I/O as a Frontier capability?


> I/O Folk.....
>
> I realize that those struggling with the code for I/O are probably
> not thinking about what I/O might be a month from now. But,
> from my perch, I'd like to suggest that you consider making it
> a capability of Frontier/Manila.
>
> For what it is worth, here is my perspective. I have a Frontier/Manila
> server and a large number of our students have weblogs. It would
> be impossible to get them to buy Radio. If I/O is only going to
> be a capability of Radio, I am basically cut-off from using it
> with colleagues and, more importantly, with my students.
>
> If, however, I/O will be offered as a capability of Frontier, then
> I can see all sorts of exciting uses in the classroom. For example,
> I just created a new assignment in one of my classes. If each
> of my students were one of my "buddies" with a few lines of I/O,
> they would all have the assignment. That is VERY powerful.
>
> I wonder, then, whether Frontier will offer it (and when) or if it
> will only be offered with Radio?
>
> kt
>
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