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Kathy Saint of Hughes Aircraft would like a high level explanation of ISODE
from someone who is familiar with Computer Science.  I don't think a Computer
Scientists tutorial on ISODE would be High Level, or what she wants!  Has Kathy
read Marshall Rose's book ?  If she's looking for a "run of the mill" Software
Developers view of what the "meaning" of what ISODE really is, here's mine:

ISODE was funded as a means to provide a "free implementation of the OSI refer-
ence model" (particularly the very upper layers).  It in itself is not a prod-
uct, but does provide a significant amount of developed software which can be
productized by any vendor that wishes to.  In deploying this "free OSI"       e
software the original project instigators were presenting vendors everywhere
with an "offer they couldn't refuse".  And I'm sure a number of vendors every-
where took this stuff in and examined it to see just what it would take to
productize it under their label.   Another way of looking at this is, a number
of very vocal customers who have been screaming that they want  OSI products
for years (and been somewhat frustrated at the slow appearance of them from
their favorite vendors) took the bull by the horns and started the ball rolling
with the "core development" we know as ISODE.   Now they've turned around and
said to these vendors "OK Guys here it is we've built the underlying components
for you - now all you have to do is add your own flavor of product different-
iation - Go to it !

These opinions are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions of
my employer.