[ih] The Internet Plan; was: Ken Olsen's impact on the Internet

[Ofer Inbar]

Jack Haverty <jack at 3kitty.org> wrote:
> Sometime in 1991, IIRC, we held a "Network Forum", which was

> Everyone was planning to go fully to TCP, as fast as possible.
> Everyone.  

> - TCP had a large installed base, and could be observed to be working
> - TCP was delivering what OSI was promising
> - TCP was delivering functional systems, while OSI was delivering lots
> of paper
> - TCP was enough like OSI that, when/if OSI appeared it should be
> relatively straightforward to migrate

This reminds me of a quotation I used to use in email and Usenet
signatures in the early 90s a lot:

"OSI is a beautiful dream, and TCP/IP is living it!"
     -- Einar Stefferud <Stef at nma.com>, IETF mailing list, 12 May 1992

  -- Cos