[Info-vax] Unexpected DECnet Phase IV functionality with possible captive account implications

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-05-16, ultr... at gmail.com <ultradwc at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I was told by Process Software years ago that "for a price" they could make it possible to run their TCPware Decnet Phase IV over IP connection thru an SSH tunnel.
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> If Process can do it why hasn't HP then or VSI now done it already?
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> Why is your answer one of directing users to shy away from using a great protocol and one that makes OpenVMS unique?
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There's nothing great about DECnet in 2021. When it was created
it was a good protocol for the time, but that time passed decades ago.

> What happened to product enhancements?

I wonder if there are also some in the IBM mainframe world who
want to go back to using only SNA and think that it's somehow
a lot better than all that new-fangled TCP/IP stuff ? :-)

Simon.

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