[ih] state of the internet probes? (was Re: AOL in perspective)

[Dan Cross]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM Karl Auerbach via Internet-history
<internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> [snip]
> (I kinda had to bite my tongue and not tell the folks at Columbia that
> they ought to have used a better SNMP agent engine - In particular one
> that I had built and sold via my previous company, Epilogue Technology.
> Had they done so they would not have crashed.  But had I mentioned it I
> am sure somebody from Columbia would have sent Guido From Baltimore to
> pay me a visit.)
> [snip]

As a Columbia alum, I can assure you that would not be the case.

However, you might have had a wizened professor of classics arrive at
your door and proceed to lecture you at length on ancient Greek
philosophy, assigning non-trivial chunks of the Iliad for that
evening's reading, with an oral quiz to follow the next day.

Honestly, I'm not sure which is worse.

        - Dan C.