The Death of TCP/IP

Mon Aug 6 18:18:57 UTC 2001

> Owen DeLong <owen at delong.sj.ca.us> said:

> Most of those 400 varieties interoperate with current IP.  If you look
> at the
> history of VINES IP, as in his example, I think you will find that his
> concerns
> are not as far off as you would hope.

I doubt if MS is deliberately trying to get rid of TCP/IP at this point in 
time.  They did try to build their own proprietary network a few years ago and 
it failed because of the existense of the Internet.

Also MS has a major problem in trying to close a network protocol
around their OS and it is not technical.  It is the finding they are
a monopoly and monopolies have to be very careful about their business
practices. Closing off generic use of TCP/IP from their OS would be seen
as very anti-competitive.

-- 
Smoot Carl-Mitchell
Consultant