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From: S.Kille@CS.UCL.AC.UK (Steve Kille)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: X-WINDOWS & OSI
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Date: 20 Jun 89 08:28:12 GMT
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Marshall,

John asked about "the right way to map X onto OSI".  I interpreted "right"
in my answer as "correct in terms of OSI".  I'll agree that there are
research aspects to this.

If you have an urgent need to run X over an OSI net, the mapping onto
transport is a sensible short term fix.  I do my work on TCP/IP and X.25(80)
nets.  With the possible exception of X.400, real OSI services are still a
good way down the road.  I see no reason to rush an X/OSI mapping.

Steve