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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