Re: CS-234 Discussion

CS234 <cs234@lhmerino.dont-email.me> wrote:

Reflect on:
- Which aspects of their vision are realized through Usenet?
- What aspects have evolved differently from what they imagined?

Usenet seems to implement a communication architecture quite
similar to Lickerand Taylor's idea at the time. 
In particular with the idea of "message processors"and "switching
facilities", which are very much similar to the Usenet servers and
users diagram. Usenet is also "only" a message processor and is not
capable of doing what they imagined (executing code, sharing files,
permissions,etc.),but other systems, both centralized and not did it. 
The modern web also took a different approach, with a more
centralized infrastructure,but multiple of their vision has been
brought to fruition (spreading of information using a network of
computers, instant communication, teleconferences, sharing files,
partially the artificial intelligence, etc.).