On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 19:39:33 GMT, "George Copeland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"David Debono" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > >> I think that is a bit simplistic. When TCP/IP was shoehorned on-top of >> these other systems a type of interconnectivity was achieved getting >> progressively better as the old systems gradually died out. Did you >> ever use a product called Novix? TCP/IP over/along with IPX/SPX? >> Yeuch! > >Yeah, I used a lot of those products. I think one of the biggest business >mistakes of the Internet era was the price that Novell charged for their >first TCP/IP upgrade. At the time, every business I knew of used Novell. >Now, I haven't seen a Novell network for years. > > They still exist and are being used, although not as much as before. What is interesting about TCP/IP as a way of communicating is that there are now many differing systems with a shared connectivity model. Heterogenous (sp?). hasn't made things any simpler as each has merits and disadvantages. Do you remember the original IBM 13 layer OSI model? Take care David D. The Mediaeval Combat Society The Historical Reenactment Web Site http://www.montacute.net/histrenact/welcome.htm
