Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!bu-pub.bu.edu!kwe From: kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent England) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: (Standard) Little Big Lan [now $750] Message-ID: <70249@bu.edu.bu.edu> Date: 7 Dec 90 17:39:08 GMT References: Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Reply-To: kwe@bu.edu. Organization: Boston University Information Technology Lines: 18 In article , nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes: > ... > working on a network that will cost $75 for all the software needed for > the whole network. That's for the *whole* network, not per-node. > ... > I think that if a sufficient quantity of people call him and scream at him > about the necessity for interoperability and the user of type codes, that > he might get the message. But it will cost time and money for him to conform to standards. He has to read the RFCs and apply for codes, etc. Is it worth the extra money to you to have him do this? My answer would be yes, but let's not forget that inter- operability has its price, both upfront and ongoing. --Kent