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From: mrose@cheetah.nyser.net (Marshall Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: X-WINDOWS & OSI
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Date: 19 Jun 89 23:08:09 GMT
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You OSI weenies really need a sanity check (-:

There are two philosophies:
1. put X on top of transport, minimize changes, and optimize performance; or,
2. put X in the application layer, use ROS, et. al., and so on.

I suggest that #1 is something that will work in short order, be relatively
competitive with TCP-based X's and generally be a good thing.  I think that
#2, whilst interesting, is a research project.

/mtr