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Article #5533Re: The Coming AppleTalk Crisis
From: kwe (Kent W. England)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1989 22:07
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1989 22:07
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In article <25980@apple.Apple.COM> desnoyer@Apple.COM (Peter Desnoyers) writes: >I just wanted to point out that a lot of people at Apple are acutely >aware of the problems of large Appletalk internets. We work on one. We >are all waiting for the promised Ethertalk upgrade with as much >anticipation as you are. > > Peter Desnoyers Here is evidence of what I am speaking of in my follow-up on the upcoming AppleTalk crisis. Apple (or at least P Desnoyers) does not understand that the solution to the AppleTalk problem is not more nodes on EtherTalk. More nodes on EtherTalk will simply encourage people to put large EtherTalk nets on top of their TCP/IP nets and then -watch out!- when they start wondering why their network has gone to hell. I see no evidence that Apple, with all its resources, understands what a large network means in terms of protocol. If someone from Apple would like to discuss what I am talking about, you can reach me at kwe@bu-it.bu.edu. I am ready to find out if you are serious about networking.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!bu-cs!kwe From: kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England)) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: The Coming AppleTalk Crisis Summary: More nodes on EtherTalk doesn't help Message-ID: <28088@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: 17 Feb 89 22:07:52 GMT References: <724@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> <28066@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <25980@apple.Apple.COM> Reply-To: kwe@buit13.bu.edu (Kent England) Followup-To: comp.protocols.appletalk Organization: Boston U. Information Technology Lines: 22