[40290] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Death of TCP/IP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (smoot@tic.com)
Mon Aug 6 14:19:29 2001
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From: smoot@tic.com
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.sj.ca.us>
Cc: Wojtek Zlobicki <wojtekz@idirect.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Message from Owen DeLong <owen@delong.sj.ca.us>
of "Mon, 06 Aug 2001 10:15:28 MST." <3B6ED0AF.2DC72595@delong.sj.ca.us>
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Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 11:18:57 -0700
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> Owen DeLong <owen@delong.sj.ca.us> said:
> Most of those 400 varieties interoperate with current IP. If you look
> at the
> history of VINES IP, as in his example, I think you will find that his
> concerns
> are not as far off as you would hope.
I doubt if MS is deliberately trying to get rid of TCP/IP at this point i=
n =
time. They did try to build their own proprietary network a few years ag=
o and =
it failed because of the existense of the Internet.
Also MS has a major problem in trying to close a network protocol
around their OS and it is not technical. It is the finding they are
a monopoly and monopolies have to be very careful about their business
practices. Closing off generic use of TCP/IP from their OS would be seen
as very anti-competitive.
-- =
Smoot Carl-Mitchell
Consultant
