Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!INDYVAX!IMHW400 From: IMHW400@INDYVAX.BITNET (Mark H. Wood) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.nodmgt-l Subject: Re: BITNET Restructuring Proposal Message-ID: Date: 8 Feb 90 16:14:00 GMT Sender: Node Management Discussion Reply-To: Node Management Discussion Lines: 23 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway X-Organization: Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis X-VMS-To: IN%"NODMGT-L@BITNIC.BITNET" X-VMS-Cc: IMHW400 May I point out that one of the "Core Site Guidelines" is unnecessarily restrictive: > 1. The machine must run VM with FAL, VMNET, and RSCS Version 2. Other hardware/software combinations may be equivalent and should not be disqualified without examination. For example, VAX/VMS systems running Jnet V3.4, Jnet TCP NJE, and TGV MultiNet or Wollongong WIN/TCP should be able to communicate with VMNET hosts: TCP NJE was specifically designed for this purpose. See Joiner's press release dated 1-Nov-1989. I don't wish to contest the published choice of core sites. I *do* wish to point out that other choices are feasible, and perhaps even desirable, if the quoted condition is relaxed. No, I don't have the authority to volunteer my site as a core gateway. :-) :-( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mark H. Wood (317)274-0749 III U U PPPP U U III Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis I U U P P U U I IMHW400@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU I U U PPPP U U I IMHW400@INDYVAX.BITNET I U U P U U I [@disclaimer@] III UUU P UUU III