[Info-vax] Rethinking DECNET ?

[Shark8]

On 01-Sep-14 06:48, Simon Clubley wrote:
> That still doesn't change the fact you would be running a TCP/IP
> stack alongside your new experimental stack if you wanted your
> machine to interact with the rest of the world.

That's true and also something that you may, in fact, *not* want: take, 
for instance, something like the Army's secure network, SIPRnet.

IMO, it would be a mistake to make TCP/IP networking mandatory -- sure 
having it set-up and usable by default is all well and good, but let's 
/not/ start assuming that everyone has/needs an internet connection. 
(One of my disappointments with certain office-style programs is the 
assumption and sometimes requirement for network connecting.)


SIPRnet -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIPRNet