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From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: COS goes with TCP/IP
Message-ID: <2316@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: Fri, 19-Jun-87 08:33:39 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 19 08:33:39 1987
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In article <662@faline.bellcore.com>, karn@faline.UUCP writes:
>                  It seems the decision to go with TCP/IP...was made
> reluctantly, because the vendors whose gear COS researchers wanted (Sun,
> Bridge) do not offer OSI connections.

I thought that Sun offerred OSI as an option -- but of course, the
support for the OSI stuff is nowhere near as mature or useful as the
support for Internet stuff.  I doubt you can boot diskless via OSI
protocols, or move mail.

Which is part of the problem with OSI.
I like the way the OSI fans say "well all we have to do is put in a
few years of work and it will be just as mature".  Somehow I have
better things to do than throw away years of work so I can do it over.

I think COS should foreswear the use of TCP/IP.  If they really
want to throw it away, let them start now.  Hypocrites!
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