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From: Tom Anderson on 1 Aug 2010 18:00 On Sat, 31 Jul 2010, Alan Gutierrez wrote: > Arne Vajh?j wrote: >> On 29-07-2010 05:33, Tom Anderson wrote: >>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010, Arne Vajh?j wrote: >>>> On 28-07-2010 06:21, Pif wrote: >>>>> I would like to create a server that can send SMS on Linux (or >>>>> windows). I don't want to pay a provider on the Web and I would like >>>>> to use my own mobile phone chip as a "SMS modem". >>>> >>>> Why? >>>> >>>> I would expect the price you pay for SMS to be higher than what an SMS >>>> aggregator that buy millions from the telco pays. >>> >>> If he already has a contract which gives him an SMS allowance, and his >>> planned usage is within that allowance and the operator's fair use >>> restrictions, then the marginal cost of sending messages via the phone >>> is zero. It's hard to get any cheaper than that. >> >> True. >> >> That model will not work for anything large scale. >> >> Be he did not say anything about volume, so you are >> correct. > > I was struck by this exchange, where the intent of the OP is considered > in determining the correct answer. This has been hard for me to find in > the Java world, where it seems you need to first show that you are > advanced enough to ask a question before anyone will answer it. There is > a real anti-intellectual bent in some Java communities, yet this > community is knowledgeable, reasonable and direct. It is, for me, a real > find. You misunderstand. It's merely that if we understand his purpose more clearly, we'll be in a better position to ruthlessly destroy him later. tom -- Science of a sufficiently advanced form is indistinguishable from magic |