[89] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Re: Rx
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Mar 11 18:11:29 1991
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1991 17:02:25 -0500 (EST)
From: Tony_Mason@transarc.com
To: Info-AFS@transarc.com, "Bob Oesterlin" <oester@rchland.vnet.ibm.com>
In-Reply-To: <kbqyypE91E5z939tx3@rchland.ibm.com>
There are several things called REX, including the Rexx Bob Oesterlin
mentioned. I suspect the one the original query referred to was the
Remote EXecution protocol (Tannenbaum?) The answer isn't too far from
the truth - they aren't related.
It should also be noted that Rx is not Transarc's "private" RPC in the
strictest meaning of the word - the Rx implementation was granted by IBM
under a Berkeley-style copyright. Transarc currently has a DARPA
contract to provide more detailed specs about Rx (last I checked we
planned on submitting it to the RFC editor for publication as soon as it
was ready) and plans on bundling a 2nd distribution of Rx. Of course,
this could have changed since last week.
Tony Mason
mason+@transarc.com
