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1 total messages Started by John R. Brinkema Sun, 30 Jun 1991 02:51
Is GOSIP ready for prime time?
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Author: John R. Brinkema
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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