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Date:      Sat, 14 Jun 1997 21:34:45 +0800 (TSD)
From:      "Victor A. Sudakov" <vas@vas.tomsk.su>
To:        isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PPP problems.
Message-ID:  <199706141334.VAA04717@vas.tomsk.su>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970613165523.1898A-100000@obiwan.psinet.net.au> from "Adrian Chadd" at "Jun 13, 97 05:01:46 pm"

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Adrian Chadd wrote:

> Yes, the internet isn't based around lots of Windows machines setting the
> 'standard'.. if Microsoft don't adhere to the standards set down by the 
> internet then too fucking bad. Either it talks properly (ie UNIX) they 
> don't talk at all.
> 
> If they get shitty about it.. stick the RFC in their face and say "read
> and adhere". If they choose not to.. Well theres the problem. It works
> with the majority of their users (ie Windows) so why should they change
> anything? 
> 
> Sad, isn't it.

Yes, this is exactly what I am afraid of. The reason of my having started this
thread is that I am trying to understand if ISPs can prevent this from
happening.


-- 
Victor Sudakov
http://www.tomsk.su/r/persons/vas.htm



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