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Started by Ralph Mackiewicz
Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:20
OSI Failure? (MMS and TCP/IP)
Author: Ralph Mackiewicz
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:20
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:20
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Reply to Don Provan regarding installed base of OSI: You obviously missed the point. I am not arguing in favor of OSI verus other transport and network protocols on the basis of technical merit nor am I claiming that OSI transport and network should be used because of the installed base. I merely stated a fact that most MMS implementation s to date have used OSI transport and network. If you are going to build an MMS product that you intend to use to communicate with other implementat ions it would be even more hilarious to implement it with TCP/IP since no one else has. Frankly, your response is why I spend time writing these messages. You obviously don't care about the reality that if you are goint to build an interoperable MMS product you better use OSI. Who cares that there will be no one to talk to. Instead, perhaps you would use TCP/IP. You would have a better technical solution....its just too bad that you wouldn't be able to communicate with anyone else's MMS. Now who's being silly? The point I keep trying to make, without much success, is that OSI is not useless just because TCP/IP is better at some things. There is some value in OSI. I have many customers using the technology (not vendors) who spend money on OSI (or more precisely MMS) because it saves them money in integrating their plant floor devices and provides them a solution to their needs that no other networking technology can provide. Ralph Mackiewicz ics.ralph@ics.org or 2943439@mcimail.com
Re: OSI Failure? (MMS and TCP/IP)
Author: don provan
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:56
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:56
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In article <8FXVqB2w164w@Control.Com> ics.ralph@control.com writes: >Reply to Don Provan regarding installed base of OSI: > >You obviously missed the point. No, sir, you've missed my point. I wasn't even commenting on your point; i don't even know what MMS is. If you don't see why your argument about installed base is ironic, even if you think the argument itself has merit, then you've completely lost your sense of humor. As it happens, i don't agree with your position, either. It's not that i think OSI is useless. It's just that i don't think it will be used. don provan donp@novell.com
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