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

[Dirk Munk]

roger.ivie at gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 3:32:44 AM UTC-7, Dirk Munk wrote:
>>
>> I will go further then that. By sticking to DECnet Phase IV, you will
>> affectively kill DECnet. If DECnet is nothing else then an IP port for
>> your network people, then who cares. If it is a completely different
>> network environment, it will be all the more reason to kick DECnet and
>> even VMS out.
>>
>> Does this make sense to you?
>
> I'll take the blame. I've also been blamed for killing CP/M (by sticking
> with CP/M 2.2) and WordStar (by sticking with WordStar 4).
>
> It's only obsolete when something better comes along.
>

Yes DECnet is very obsolete for VMS. I'm sorry, I've forgotten this. 
What is the plain IP replacement for something simple as FAL please?