[tambourine_man]

> writing an email or whatever

The only certainty is that email will never die

[ghaff]

Nor would I want it to. It's a great medium for messages that may or may not be important and that, in some cases, I want to archive.

[tambourine_man]

I love email, but like SSH to Telnet, we need a 21st century version.

[seabass-labrax]

I think IRC would slightly enhance the cyberpunk aesthetic, and is likely to give strong competition to email for the 'eternal communication protocol' contest!