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From: koning@koning.DEC (Paul Koning -- LAS Engineering)
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Subject: Re: ISO protocols
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Date: Mon, 7-Apr-86 10:07:27 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  7 10:07:27 1986
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>>What does it mean, "DECNET will conform to ISO?"
>It means DEC wants you to buy DECNET.
 
Very funny.  
 
>>To get to the bottom line, is the standard well-defined enough that I can 
>>write an "ISO driver" that will talk to an arbitrary box some point in the 
>>future?  
>No.  The standards for layers 4 and up are WAY up in the middle of the air (see
>that wheel inside that other wheel?)
 
Not true.  Layer 4 is already an international standard.
 
	paul koning