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From: kevinr@Tandem.COM (Kevin J. Rowett)
Subject: Re: Interoperability?
Message-ID: <1990Dec12.205321.8240@tandem.com>
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Organization: Tandem Computers, Comm Development
References:  <1990Dec7.231502.27773@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 90 20:53:21 GMT
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In article <1990Dec7.231502.27773@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>, jaw@sesun.jpl.nasa.gov (Joe Wieclawek) writes:
|> (paragraph 12)
|> 	Bride* said a network manager interconnecting a large
|> multivendor TCP/IP installation will discover that vendors
|> have implemented TCP/IP differently and interoperability
|> is unattainable. "You can"t build a national and international
|> network using TCP/IP," Bride said.
|> 
|> 	* Laurie Bride, manager of network architecture at
|> Boeing Computer Services Co.

The person quoted is one of the most self serving individuals ever
to roam corporate America. Ask her if they ever let Jeff Yaplee's
voice be heard. He's one of the few sane individials in the BNA
group.

kevinr@tandem.com
408.285.4325
