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- From: sch@sequent.com (Steve Hemminger)
- Subject: OSI == second system syndrome
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.154940.14823@sequent.com>
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- Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 15:49:40 GMT
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- More fodder from the OSI dicussion...
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- Some times it looks like OSI protocols suffer from second system syndrome.
- Second system syndrome is the problem described in the "Mythical Man
- Month", that the second version of any software is: slower, bigger, full
- of lots of useless features, late to market and never the success of the
- first version..
-
- The question in my mind is will OSI ever be:
-
- * A mainstream technogly that works off the shelf. Like TCP, SNA,
- Netware, X.25, PC, Mac
-
- * Widely used as the protcol of choice, rather than when the choice is
- forced upon the user.
-
- * Available at a low cost and simple level of technogly. Other networking
- technolgy's at least appear simpler because they make assumptions about
- usage, topolgy, addressing, etc...
-
- * User friendly. Exchanging X.400 mail addresses is not friendly.
- Having to have full information about every other machine you want to
- talk to is not friendly (i.e Network, Transport, Session, Application
- ...)
-
- Right now the chances look dim on this side of the Atlantic, espcially
- now that the desktop PC/Mac is a fact of life. The desktop revolution
- may be the biggest nail in OSI's chances in the long run.
-
- -sch
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