On Thursday 12 December 2002 08:47 am, you wrote: > On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 18:55, David J. Chase wrote: > > Hi, I got a question from a customer asking about Linux support for > > "several of the telecommunication industry standards/protocols such > > as OSI, CMIP, and TMN Framework." > > Oh my god. > > OSI is the dead non replacement for TCP/IP, slain by the fact IP works > and their gisnt mess didnt. > > > I don't know anything about them, do they look familiar to anyone? > > Do you know if they are currently supported in any way? Is the > > There are people who still have the scars. Bits of it (OSI over IP) are > supported by ISODE, but its a monster and it would be better to change > jobs than support OSI ;)
It's actually the backbone for the Aeronautical Telecommunications Network. (I once thought I could port ping, finger and several other bits and pieces of TCP/IP together with a GPS system and a bug-tracking system, etc, to OSI and make a TCAS - a Traffic Collision Avoidance System - for a pilot I know who flew Cessnas for a minor feeder/rural development airline in North Australia. It was achievable, I'm certain of that - but getting hold of information - you could get blood out of a stone somewhat more easily! And I don't know if Marshall's book on OSI, "The Open Book" is still in print, or what. So I've done nothing.) Wesley Parish -- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
