[Info-vax] Rethinking DECNET ?

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of JF
> Mezei
> Sent: 02-Sep-14 11:39 AM
> To: info-vax at info-vax.com
> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] Rethinking DECNET ?
> 
> On 14-09-02 10:18, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 
> >> DEC bet the farm on OSI. At the time it looked (imho) like a good bet,
> >
> > One of many mistakes!!
> 
> Betting the farm on OSI was not a mistake. At the time, governments
> mandates interoperability between different systems and mandated
> that
> all major computer manufacturers build a common network protocol aka:
> OSI.  (aka: solve  incompatibilities between IBM SNA, DECnet, Unix IP
> and various other proprietary protocols from the "bunch".)
> 

Yep, DEC used to state (arguably with good credibility) that it connected 
better to IBM mainframe and other systems than IBM did.

> 
> The mistake was not when DEC bet the farm on it. The mistake
> happened a
> bit later when DEC didn't realise that IP had become the common de-
> facto
> standard replacing OSI which was going nowhere.

Fact that the initial major release of phase V was 3-4 years late also 
had some Impact on this as well. 

:-(

Regards,

Kerry Main
Back to the Future IT Inc.
 .. Learning from the past to plan the future

Kerry dot main at backtothefutureit dot com