Re: Bangemann Commission Document available from the Web
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From: Dave Morton <>
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 10:56:49 +0200
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>> BUT remember what happened when an EU initiative was not market driven.
>> Remember GOSSIP. I have a tender request in front of me from a Government
>> department which demands GOSIP compliance. They want some PCs on a LAN
>> connected to a data-base UNIX engine with access to JANET. All because of EU
>> legislation attempting to lead rather respond to the market. With IP the
>> project would be trivial. Otherwise where do I get GOSIP software for a PC?
>> I can just about get it for X.400 and X.29 but FTAM? You will also need a
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>My team has ported Isode FTAM to DOS for X.25 over ethernet based on
>the edinburgh rainbow software. It will also interoperate with dynamic
>address mapping by IS10030 (SNARE) to allow for easyer administration
>on a local ethernet. You can get the software if you like (i think). We don't
>do UK specific standards though, like JANET name resolution, but that shouldn't
>be so much of a problem.
>Ok, probably not the answer that you expected. You see, this kind of
>revelation ("We do OSI, We implement OSI and we even do it for DOS *yuck*)
>is not only offending to you but embarrasing to me too. So better forget
>it and go back to the brave new world of the Internet.
Toerless - are you admitting your efforts were not market driven either ?
Dave
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