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From: brinkema@fjc.GOV (John R. Brinkema)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Is GOSIP ready for prime time?
Summary: Is GOSIP (and ist ISO friends) ready for safe use?
Keywords: ISO, GOSIP, Protocols
Message-ID: <449@fjcp60.GOV>
Date: 30 Jun 91 03:01:35 GMT
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I got a call recently from a friend who in the course of the conversation
asked if I was using GOSIP (I'm at a gov't site).  I said no! and went into
a tirade about how GOSIP was an incomplete standard, that what existed was
too new, and consequently not as fast or reliable as my current protocol
(TCP/IP) and in any event not fully supported by the UNIX vendors that
supply my systems. He, in return gave a defense of the ISO protocols and
those parts of GOSIP that he has used.  His defense has caused me to
reconsider my position: he (unlike me) has first hand experience in
integrating GOSIP systems and all his experiences have been postitive.

My world is almost 100% Unix.  In time we will be migrating to GOSIP, but
I assumed that day would be in 5 to 10 years.  Am I being too consevative;
will GOSIP give me something that I don't have now (I sleep fairly well
and Monday morning is usually quient - something unusual for network
administrators).

Net comments please.  jb.