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From: J.Crowcroft@ucl-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X-Protocol and other Transports
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Date: 3 Jun 89 13:40:41 GMT
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From: Jon Crowcroft <J.Crowcroft@uk.ac.ucl.cs>


An OSI expert here has proposed that we port X to run over the ISO
Transport Service (provided by ISODE...).

Another (more purist) approach is to use the ISO Remote Operations
Service (ROS), which provides a transaction (RPC) style service, but
with message streaming if required (and integrates well with
alternative (more portable) presentation).

Has there been any discussion of alternative carriers for the X 
protocol (I know about DECNET)?

jon