Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 17:16:57 -0400 From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X25 Message-ID: <199608302116.RAA01042@etinc.com>
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>> The difference is that token ring is basically crap...not as good as the >> other alternatives. The mistake that was made with X.25 was that the >> wrong people decided that it was too slow, and they created something >> not nearly as good or advanced.....frame relay. The answer 5 years ago >> was to upgrade equipment, the passive increase in processing power alone >> was enough to solve the problems...the premise that dumping packets is >> better than flow control is simply wrong....and SVCs are a real nice way >> to bypass net problems and we would've had them in the beginning...and >> "the net" would look a lot less like the terrible ratsnest it is at this >> point. > >The way I heard the joke told, the replacement point-to-point protocal >they invented as a replacement was ISDN. ISDN was designed more as a mechanism to make money for the telcos than it was to solve problems.....thats the joke. Dennis Emerging Technologies, Inc. www.etinc.com (516) 271-4525
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