[Info-vax] What would you miss if DECnet got the chop? Was: "bad select 38" (OpenSSL on VMS)

[Dirk Munk]

Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <DrqIz.664636$j37.638802 at fx05.ams1>, Dirk Munk <munk at home.nl>
> writes:
>
>> Suppose a company has software (RdB for instance) that heavily relies on
>> DECnet.
>
> Rdb doesn't need DECnet at all.  Yes, one can connect to a databae over
> DECnet, but how many people really need this?  DECnet between sites
> (except over IP)

And that is what we're talking about, the implementation of RFC2126 that 
will allow OSI (incl. DECnet Phase V) to use IPv6.

> is rare these days.  DECnet within a cluster is not
> needed.  So, it is usually needed only between two clusters.  Even
> there, is there anything so complex it can't be changed to use IP?
>