Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 17:47:32 -0500 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: R. Winslow's Ignorance Message-ID: <199601302247.RAA15028@etinc.com>
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Terry writes... >Actually, Dennis, if you are willing to accept 2 instead 4 UNIXes, >the comprehensive driver is called "ODI". It would be 4, but the >BSD and Linux camps are heavily into NIH in networking code (with >the result that the BSD camp kicks butt on most commercial systems, >but it's a trade off that the user should be able to choose and can't). > >The X.25 and PPP are similarly available as protocol modules that run >in an ODI framework, though they would have to be rewritten, since they >are typically Novell supplied only with Novell OS's. > > >NDIS falls into the same category, with slightly less scope (DOS, Windows, >and NT instead fo DOS, Windows, and UNIX). > I think that the fact that no-one has good products for these "interfaces" in the WAN world says more than I could. Your argument against building a better mousetrap is questionable. There is a need for these interfaces, but they are flawed and short-sighted for many applications. >(If anyone is preparing to complain about performace, let me point out >that anything that works is better than anything that doesn't). > True, but there are many levels of "working". Its that same reason that some people pay extra for a mercedes or drink one brand of beer and not another. If a product doesnt do the job its not a product.....after that its a matter of quality and taste. >So it's not the idea that's flawed, it's the implementation. > You can argue this, but since people buy it and others dont work well there's evidence that you're not correct. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX
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