[Info-vax] DECnet Phase IV and VMS code comments

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-11-25 19:38, johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> On Friday, 25 November 2016 14:12:13 UTC, Johnny Billquist  wrote:
>> On 2016-11-25 10:21, Dirk Munk wrote:
>>> My question is, why are you interested in this very old protocol? DECnet
>>> Phase V was designed for let's say an OSI Internet, so I'm sure it's
>>> beter designed in this respect. Before some one else tries to point it
>>> out, yes I know it doesn't have encryption when used with the OSI
>>> transport layers. It could have been done, and it still can be done
>>> using TLS, that has been designed for the OSI transport layer. I'm sure
>>> VSI will look into this :-)
>>
>> We've been over this before. I very much disagree, and I seriously doubt
>> VSI will put any work into Phase V, and I believe the comments from
>> others here pretty much agreed with that.
>>
>> You seem to be just about the only person who haven't got it that OSI is
>> dead, and so is Phase V. (And it's an ugly corpse, and trying to revive
>> it would not make it any prettier...)
>>
>> 	Johnny
>
> Your opinion on whether Phase V is important or not is less
> important than the $$$ from the customers who may be
> interested in the continued support of OSI stuff.

My opinions are just that - opinions. I do not work for VSI, nor 
represent them, so obviously what I say cannot in any way be construed 
as the VSI position on anything.

> Money talks, as DaveF, who doesn't get out much,
> already pointed out (and indeed as you eventually
> acknowledged yourself).

Yeah, "eventually", as in the next reply right after he pointed out that 
if someone wants to pay, obviously VSI would not have any problems 
working on anything.

I'm sure that VSI will not intentionally break any existing products 
without a good reason. So it's a good guess that any existing Phase V 
stuff might continue to work, unless there is some serious problems 
interfacing it to the new TCP/IP product.

But anything beyond that - I seriously doubt it will get any money.

Time will tell.

	Johnny

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