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From: jag@PacBell.COM (Jim Goncher)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: ISO/OSI RPC Protocol?
Keywords: OSI RPC protocol
Message-ID: <5372@ptsfa.PacBell.COM>
Date: 1 Sep 90 02:46:52 GMT
References: <5370@ptsfa.PacBell.COM> <1990Aug31.133742@apollo.HP.COM>
Reply-To: jag@PacBell.COM (Jim Goncher)
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In article <1990Aug31.133742@apollo.HP.COM> mishkin@apollo.HP.COM (Nathaniel Mishkin) writes:
>In article <5370@ptsfa.PacBell.COM>, jag@PacBell.COM (Jim Goncher) writes:
>>                          In the August 20 issue of UNIX Today! reference
>>is made by Richard Mackey of OSF to "the upcoming ISO/OSI RPC protocol."
>>My ignorance may be showing, but what is he talking about? 
>
>                   There is some ISO work group (or whatever such things
>are officially called) investigating RPC.  

Nathaniel, I think I have found the standard in question. The standard
number  and name are in my notes at work, but I believe the name is Basic 
Remote Procedure Call Using Remote Operations (ROSE). We found this reference
in an index of standards put out by Omnicom and have put in an order
for it. I believe that you (and others) are correct in assessing ROSE
as being insufficient since they are defining this one on top of ROSE.
Also, it is in DIS (Draft International Status) meaning it is far along
in the standards process -- the next and last step is International Standard.

By the way, CMISE (a blatantly object-oriented protocol) also uses ROSE.

>Hey Phil, we've found at least one other person who's crazy enough to
>still be reading this (or hasn't figured out how to use "global kill"
>on "RPC Technologies" :-)

I've been passing printed copies of the stuff from you guys around to 
a group of us investigating application communications paradigms, and
they're sucking it up. Soooo, I'm not alone in my insanity :-)
-- 
Jim Goncher 415/823-0663 {bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!jag