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Note 2.0                      Internet the drivers?                      1 reply
OPNNET::DELAINEM14                                    9 lines  27-AUG-1992 16:04
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    Nobody interested in OSI? Or is it, can't afford to be interested?
    
    Governments seems to be pressing ahead with setting policy for
    requiring OSI conformance but not making very much usage of it.
    
    Will the driving force end up being the conversion of Internet?
    
    
    Mike.
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OPNNET::MCNICOLP12                                   22 lines  27-AUG-1992 17:38
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>   Governments seems to be pressing ahead with setting policy for
>   requiring OSI conformance but not making very much usage of it.

    Speaking as a "government" person (in Australia), the Internet doesn't
    appear to have market share. In one state government of which I have
    some familiarity, there are somewhere between 15 and 20 departments,
    using somewhere between 15 and 20 different operating systems. Nobody
    networks with anybody (okay ... slight simplification).
    
    In terms of OSI, I agree that we (or is it they) are mandating OSI
    conformance but as a poor dumb VMS manager, attempting to understand
    State Purchasing Policy and Australian GOSIP (with local variations)
    gives me the willies. Hence I am not rushing headlong into
    pressing suppliers to come up with GOSIP compliant stuff.
    
    I will add though that as well as having an Internet address on my
    business card, I also have an X.400 address ... well I'm impressed.
    
    Phil
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