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Article #1381Is GOSIP ready for prime time?
From: John R. Brinkema
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1991 02:51
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1991 02:51
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I got a call recently from a friend who in the course of the conversation asked if I was using GOSIP (I'm at a gov't site). I said no! and went into a tirade about how GOSIP was an incomplete standard, that what existed was too new, and consequently not as fast or reliable as my current protocol (TCP/IP) and in any event not fully supported by the UNIX vendors that supply my systems. He, in return gave a defense of the ISO protocols and those parts of GOSIP that he has used. His defense has caused me to reconsider my position: he (unlike me) has first hand experience in integrating GOSIP systems and all his experiences have been postitive. My world is almost 100% Unix. In time we will be migrating to GOSIP, but I assumed that day would be in 5 to 10 years. Am I being too consevative; will GOSIP give me something that I don't have now (I sleep fairly well and Monday morning is usually quient - something unusual for network administrators). Net comments please. jb.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!fjcp60!brinkema From: brinkema@fjc.GOV (John R. Brinkema) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso,comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Is GOSIP ready for prime time? Summary: Is GOSIP (and ist ISO friends) ready for safe use? Keywords: ISO, GOSIP, Protocols Message-ID: <448@fjcp60.GOV> Date: 30 Jun 91 02:51:34 GMT Distribution: all Organization: Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C. Lines: 17