[Info-vax] Latest TCPIP Services seem irreparably horked...

[JF Mezei]

Simon Clubley wrote:

> So basically, TCP/IP is now been developed on the basis that customers
> will not be able plug in third party components to replace the HP
> supplied components.

Correct, and in all fairness, I don't think you could really criticise
HP for this.  This was in effect way back in the Digital days.

Remember that the competing stacks such as TGV and Wollongong all had
their own full mail suite with POP servers as well. So people who went
with those stacks already had those servers which were generally better
than the one supplied by Dec/Compaq/HP.

So having interoperability between individual components of different
stacks was never seen as a priority or necessity.