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From: minshall@kinetics.UUCP (Greg Minshall)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: KIP & appletalk phase II
Message-ID: <789@kinetics.UUCP>
Date: 2 Aug 89 01:51:18 GMT
References: <8907242145.AA19273@aquarium.ecn.purdue.edu>
Organization: Kinetics, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA
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From article <8907242145.AA19273@aquarium.ecn.purdue.edu>, by moyman@AQUARIUM.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Mike "appletalk" MacMoya):
> Is there anything known about the future of KIP after appletalk
> phase II is released?  Will there be a KIP 12/89(or near)?

There are two ways one can think about this question.  One is "what is
the impact of Appletalk phase II on IPTalk?" (the way Kip encapsulates
packets).  As near as I can figure out, IPTalk can remain a phase I
protocol.

The second way is "will KIP be enhanced to allow a KIP router to be
a phase II router".  I have no input on this issue.  I do, however,
have the fond fantasy that the commercial products (including ours)
will provide enough functionality to allow KIP users to be satisfied
with commercial offerrings.

Greg Minshall				Kinetics/Excelan/Novell
minshall@kinetics.com			1-415-947-0998