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

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In article <igf6l6FeqdgU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
>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.

LOL!

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