Re: [TCLUG:14628] RE: Napster

[Troy Johnson <john1536@tc.umn.edu>]

Timothy Wilson wrote:
> In the grand scheme of things, our computers and network technologies are
> intended to promote learning. In an environment where the student/computer
> ratio (counting only easily accessible computers) is probably 30:1, it
> doesn't take many kids screwing around with something like Napster to
> prevent somebody else from getting some work done.

Tim,

I think you are doing the right thing. If it somehow becomes easy to
throttle Napster bandwidth, then maybe it is time to _consider_ it, but
as it is now, cut it off at the knees. Don't make routing packets your
full time job, and make the network fulfill it's mission. Keep up the
good work and have a fabulous day,

Troy