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From: diamant@hpfclp.HP.COM (John Diamant)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: Re: European interest in TCP
Message-ID: <11240001@hpfclp.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Apr 88 02:36:29 GMT
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Organization: HP SDE, Fort Collins, CO
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> The simple facts are that a wide variety of companies have
> implemmented OSI protocols and more are being added.
> Now that the 1988 versions of the statndards documents are
> out in final draft form for ballot, the growth of interest
> has exploded.  

Yes, but why have they moved to implementing OSI protocols?  Is
it because these protocols are significantly better than TCP/IP and
ARPA standards, or is it simply European market pressure?  If market
pressure, why is that happening?  Again, is it because the protocols
are better, or just because they weren't developed by the Americans?

I'm asking honest questions here, not flaming.  I know a fair amount
about TCP/IP and not terribly much about OSI, but from the outside,
it sounds like an awful lot of reinvention of the wheel.


John Diamant
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