[IP] Fwd: Columbia terminates Kermit Project after 30 years (fwd)

Ah so. I was mistaken about the use of the program vs protocol. Confusing! :) Sent from my iPhone On Apr 11, 2011, at 1:47 PM, Dave McGuire<mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: > On 4/11/11 2:44 PM, Geoff Oltmans wrote: >> I work in embedded system design for telecom equip and have for the past 10 years. I haven't heard of anyone using it in that capacity. Typically we see people using some flavor of xmodem or ymodem, but I admit I'm unfamiliar with how things might be deployed in a network environment (since theres basically unlimited ways to architect a network), or what other manufacturers do. > > If you're talking about xmodem/ymodem, you're likely talking about installing firmware. I'm talking about using kermit (the program, not the file transfer protocol) to interact with embedded machines for interactive configuration and/or debugging. This is extremely common. > > -Dave > > -- > Dave McGuire > Port Charlotte, FL