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Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
The funny thing is that I've been working on a SMSC/MMSC related project and have a little insight on MMS (yes, it really is a mess and a good candidate for cruft). Anyhow, it was interesting to see the scales on a provider's level. I knew MMS was a minority compared to SMS but it turns out the question is not by how much, but by how many ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE. Seeing this I fully understand why someone would let MMS (and the things it requires) die and rather spend that time on something that will actually improve the experience for ALL users.
Right on!

MMS was designed from the get go as a means for carriers to squeeze more revenue from the subscriber and to provide functions that the carriers focus groups said customers wanted without opening up the "web" to the customer.

It is restrictive and definitely not neutral and it's acceptance by the public was good at first, but it was "too little too late" for a lot of people who went with better phones anyway.

There are plenty of web based solutions that will cut down image size and send your pictures to the MMS only phones of people who are stuck with their MMS only phones because of 2 year contracts that they signed in order to get that "free" phone that was such a good idea 1 1/2 years ago.


But that is not why I objected to this article:

Originally Posted by Me, earlier in this thread

Originally Posted by mrojas
"plagued by delays"

For ****'s sake, it was delayed, what, 10 days?
Yup, that bit of hyperbole got me too...

I guess this now means Jared Newman's writing style is "infected by the puss oozing pox of inaccuracy".

EDIT: Added bio link and reference.


Main Entry: plague
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): plagued; plagu·ing
Date: 15th century
1 : to smite, infest, or afflict with or as if with disease, calamity, or natural evil
2 a : to cause worry or distress to : hamper, burden b : to disturb or annoy persistently

synonyms see worry

— plagu·er noun
That's^ why... As someone else said " he could have taken his text straight from this forum" or some such.

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