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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 5/17/21 8:24 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-05-16, ultr... at gmail.com <ultradwc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> If Process can do it why hasn't HP then or VSI now done it already?
>>
>> Why is your answer one of directing users to shy away from using a great protocol and one that makes OpenVMS unique?

Just what is the advantage of being "unique" in the IT world today?

>>
> 
> 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 ? :-)

SNA hell...  Let's get rid of this damn Ethernet stuff and get on
with Token Ring the way it was meant to be.

bill