[281] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Alternatives to NFS (Was: Re: Should the NREN be funded?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John S. Quarterman)
Mon Mar 4 23:08:31 1991
From: jsq@tic.com (John S. Quarterman)
To: sean@dsl.pitt.edu (Sean McLinden)
Cc: david@TWG.COM, thakur@zerkalo.harvard.edu, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 04 Mar 91 09:18:26 -0500.
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 91 21:42:06 -0600
>I guess the point is that the discussion gets a little far afield if
>we start talking NETNEWS vs. LISTSERV or NFS vs. AFS in the context
>of NREN. It's not the protocol that describes the need, it is the
>application.
The users see NFS and AFS as providing the same service.
Those who have used LISTSERV don't see it as the same service
as news (or as Internet mailing lists).
The basic point stands, though: the users couldn't care less
about the protocols. They want services.
