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In article <2028@cpoint.UUCP>, martillo@cpoint.UUCP (Joacim Martillo) writes:
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> From: martillo@cpoint.U> > 
> I see this situation all the time.  Everytime someone wants to
> incorporate some new idea into OSI which actually give some reason to
> switch from TCP/IP to OSI, it gets shot down at the committee level. 
> Now I understand why the best standards are those which were ad hoc
> standards first, and only much later standardized by the international
> committees.  Any comments?

I've been hacking on OSI code for the past few years, and I also doubt
the value of spending a lot of money trying to get people to accept these
standards dictated by the central committees.  Clearly, the problem is 
with the 'authorities' participating in the market.

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