[777] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: IETF questions -- Internet growth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lyle Seaman)
Thu May 30 10:44:23 1991
From: lws@capybara.comm.wang.com (Lyle Seaman)
To: brad@looking.on.ca, com-priv@psi.com
Date: Thu, 30 May 91 10:11:27 EDT
Just picking a nit.... In a world where toasters are networked,
it's unlikely that they'll be running TCP/IP. I mean, I love TCP/IP
as much as anybody, but's it's not suited for that environment.
In fact, most of the devices that aren't currently networkable that
may become networked are probably not going to be running TCP/IP.
It's my belief that the only systems which will be running TCP/IP
are the same sort of things that are now running TCP/IP, with the
exception that a lot of things on people's desks that use RS232
may use TCP/IP. But then, a lot of them will be running Netware,
too. Face it, there are going to be other protocols in use; not
every person needs a private IP address.
