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- From: atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil (Randall Atkinson)
- Newsgroups: comp.org.acm
- Subject: Re: open architecture
- Message-ID: <3148@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 13:08:58 GMT
- References: <9207270017.AA20108@aitgw.ge.com> <1992Jul27.130244.1993@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- Followup-To: comp.protocols.misc
- Organization: Naval Research Laboratory, DC
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- In article <1992Jul27.130244.1993@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> srebnick@bagels.ENET.dec.com writes:
-
- >In the networks space, OSI (Open System Interconnection) is an example of an
- >open architecture. It was (is being) developed by committees consisting of
- >many vendors. The end result is an open networks architecture and protocol
- >suite that many vendors can implement, and (theoretically) have their systems
- >communicate with one another.
-
- In the networks space, the best example is the INTERNET, whose
- protocol specifications are available at no cost and are available
- worldwide in both printed and electronic form. Unlike OSI, the end
- result is an open network architecture and protocol suite that most
- vendors have successfully implemented and have demonstrated
- interoperability with other independent implementations.
-
- TCP/IP works today ! and implementations are freely available.
-
- A good reference on TCP/IP is the pair of books by Doug Comer.
- Others also exist, but Comer is unusually readable and covers all of
- the major ground.
-
- Ran
- atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil
-