[Discuss] Stalwart E-mail; Was: Re: SSH options

[slitt at troubleshooters.com (Steve Litt)]

Ron said on Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:56:31 -0800

>Rich Pieri wrote on 2026-01-24 19:29:
>
>>> It's fine for web apps, but email messages (and medical records!)
>>> are a bit more important.  
>> 
>> I have to wonder how you missed the part about MUMPS being designed
>> at MGH specifically for medical records.  
>
>I didn't miss it.
>
>
>I'm disputing that technical choices made *sixty* years ago are 100%
>the best choice to make today and that DBs are "the WORST possible way
>to store arbitrary files" (and that email means "files").

1. *Nothing* is 100% the best choice. All have benefits and costs.

2. Appeal to novelty logical fallacy.

>Sixty years ago rockets were used once and discarded. Crazy, right?

Strawman logical fallacy. Rich was talking about computer languages,
not rockets.

SteveT

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