[Info-vax] Kernel Transplantation

[John Dallman]

In article <uoc3gf$2oe4i$1 at dont-email.me>, arne at vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj)
wrote:

> > And whose dumb idea was it to tie the DECnet address
> > to the MAC address?
> It is pretty smart. No need for an extra protocol.

Different objectives. Internet Protocol was designed to be able to be
adaptable to almost any kind of computer. DECnet was only for DEC OSes.
Network externalities, quite literally, meant IP won the competition. 

John